Hello,
We are new to the professional game, and we have brewed just a couple batches on our new 3BBL systems (6 years homebrew experience with a Sabco). All of the equipment (3BBL Stout Tanks & Brewmation setup) was cleaned a few times with both caustic cleaners, and TSP. All of the equipment was rinsed with unfiltered water. We brewed a test batch, and dumped it. We then brewed a second "test" half batch, and followed it all of the way through the process. The water used for our beer always runs through an activated charcoal filter (should strip chloramines). We fermented, and carbed the beer in our serving/brite tanks. We drank the beer for a few weeks, filling glasses out of our sample ports (we aren't open yet), and everything tasted fine.
THE PROBLEM: We recently hooked up the serving tank to our taps using Bevlex® Series 200 beer line, and after a few days the beer tastes placticy. We first thought maybe the beer line gave it the flavor (ordered from Foxx), but that doesn't make sense. Before filling the serving tanks we rinsed, and sanitized everything with Star San. We then purged the tanks with CO2, and pushed the beer from the fermentor to the serving tank with CO2.
Could anyone add any insight as to how we could have gotten this plastic/vinyl taste into our beer?
Thanks in advance,
Travis Prueter
Big Lake Brewing LLC
Holland, Mi
We are new to the professional game, and we have brewed just a couple batches on our new 3BBL systems (6 years homebrew experience with a Sabco). All of the equipment (3BBL Stout Tanks & Brewmation setup) was cleaned a few times with both caustic cleaners, and TSP. All of the equipment was rinsed with unfiltered water. We brewed a test batch, and dumped it. We then brewed a second "test" half batch, and followed it all of the way through the process. The water used for our beer always runs through an activated charcoal filter (should strip chloramines). We fermented, and carbed the beer in our serving/brite tanks. We drank the beer for a few weeks, filling glasses out of our sample ports (we aren't open yet), and everything tasted fine.
THE PROBLEM: We recently hooked up the serving tank to our taps using Bevlex® Series 200 beer line, and after a few days the beer tastes placticy. We first thought maybe the beer line gave it the flavor (ordered from Foxx), but that doesn't make sense. Before filling the serving tanks we rinsed, and sanitized everything with Star San. We then purged the tanks with CO2, and pushed the beer from the fermentor to the serving tank with CO2.
Could anyone add any insight as to how we could have gotten this plastic/vinyl taste into our beer?
Thanks in advance,
Travis Prueter
Big Lake Brewing LLC
Holland, Mi
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