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Title: Help!!!
Post by: 2401keith on September 16, 2016, 10:38:40 PM
ok iv just kegged my first razorback IPA rehydrated yeast for the first time fermented @21c for 14 day transferred to keg FG was 1008 over too days
my issue is  I'm getting a plastic burp taste when drinking can't smell anything bad its still very very cloudy but this is the first time iv tasted this i use the same water all the time filtered tap water and there is no chlorine smell off it and i drink it as well i was taking samples through out the fermentation and didn't get this is it still to fresh to start to be spiting hairs thanks for any advice ...my beer line is from b&q the clear tubing and i use starsan
Title: Re: Help!!!
Post by: Qs on September 16, 2016, 10:57:46 PM
Is the beer line new? Could be that. If its not clear it could be a lot yeast settling at the bottom of the keg, might sort itself in a few pints.
Title: Re: Help!!!
Post by: 2401keith on September 16, 2016, 11:15:01 PM
ya its new i don't mind it too much just as long i don't die ha ha it will happen!! some day!!
Title: Help!!!
Post by: Leann ull on September 16, 2016, 11:26:01 PM
Quote from: 2401keith on September 16, 2016, 10:38:40 PM

my issue is  I'm getting a plastic burp taste

What's a plastic burp taste like? any other descriptives?

21 degrees is high, have you ferment control?
Your beer is only 16 days old!
Leave another two weeks chilled if you can and chuck the first 1/5 pint
Title: Re: Help!!!
Post by: 2401keith on September 16, 2016, 11:54:20 PM
A I know I usually forment at 18 it was just I read the instructions this time!!! It's a learning game and iv a bit to go yet but it's all a bit ov craic

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Title: Re: Help!!!
Post by: Leann ull on September 17, 2016, 12:06:36 AM
Sounds like your enjoying the crack alright, bit more time and it'll be great
Title: Re: Help!!!
Post by: Slev on September 17, 2016, 01:04:01 AM
Like Keith,  I find it hard to get the right vocabulary to describe.  While I know,  kind of,  what I want to say,  putting it in universal language can be a challenge.
I know experience with experienced folks (seasoned brewers,  judges)  and the such is the way to go,   but for those of use isolated from such resources,  what is is the way to go?

Title: Re: Help!!!
Post by: johnrm on September 17, 2016, 07:44:14 AM
Keith, have a look here...
https://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.bjcp.org/docs/Beer_faults.pdf&ved=0ahUKEwjZxt2R5pXPAhVZOMAKHebbAWQQFggaMAA&usg=AFQjCNHnCQUQH0aggoPfebCdBrSEEdHyVw&sig2=KjO0_0ZOOpYmt_j-su-2Ww
Title: Re: Help!!!
Post by: LordEoin on September 17, 2016, 09:56:23 AM
Quote from: 2401keith on September 16, 2016, 10:38:40 PM
my beer line is from b&q the clear tubing
Any idea what it's made of? What part of the country are you in. Maybe someone close by has some beer line.

Otherwise just leave it alone in the keg for a week or two and try again.
Title: Re: Help!!!
Post by: 2401keith on September 17, 2016, 10:07:35 AM
I haven't got a clue I might change it over to one I'm using for a different beer that hasn't got this issue I'm in drogheda

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Title: Re: Help!!!
Post by: lordstilton on September 17, 2016, 10:29:50 AM
I know exactly what your talking about.. No dodgy smell, beer taste good but when you burp you get a plastic taste in your mouth??  Did you use tap water and if so did you leave it over night to let the chlorine evaporate??
Title: Re: Help!!!
Post by: 2401keith on September 17, 2016, 11:14:13 AM
Ya know wat I did and never did it before I bottled had 4 5l bottle s from batch I did be4 and cleaned them with starsan and filled them and put them in my fridge so when I was doing this one the water would be good and cold I f@@ked up did I ??

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Title: Re: Help!!!
Post by: lordstilton on September 17, 2016, 02:49:59 PM
Why did you want the wafer good and cold?
Title: Re: Help!!!
Post by: 2401keith on September 17, 2016, 03:24:26 PM
to get down to temp to pitch the yeast

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Title: Re: Help!!!
Post by: 2401keith on September 17, 2016, 05:57:05 PM
is there any harm drinking it
Title: Re: Help!!!
Post by: lordstilton on September 17, 2016, 08:28:45 PM
Ah it's a kit.. No harm at all.. It a phenol caused by chlorine.. No harm just plastic burps
Title: Re: Help!!!
Post by: 2401keith on September 17, 2016, 10:34:57 PM
ya i was thinking  you were thinking wat the hell is he doing wit the cold water!!! :o I'm not Quite there yet (all grain) i mean my next project is an extract with steeping grains I'm going up to the premier league!! ha ha.Anyway thanks for all the advice i think il invest in a few campton tabs for the next one or bottled water  :P
Title: Re: Help!!!
Post by: 2401keith on October 11, 2016, 12:03:32 AM
OK update on the beer!!! I'm still here anyway :D iv been taking the odd pint or 2!! over the last couple ov weeks and tonight its clear so just needed time to clear still a bit ov the plastic burp but i can live with that for now! Q.grainfather vs bulldog vs boil kettle mash tun setup i have to say the herms setup looks cool