extract marstons pedigree smells and tastes of tcp
extract marstons pedigree smells and tastes of tcp
my first extract brew hasn't turned out good so far. it smells and tastes a bit of tcp. i am quite sure i rinsed everything before transfering it from the boiler to the fermenting bin. i didn't have a wort cooler so transfered it hot and let it cool overnight then pitched the yeast. it fermented with the trub in the fermenter could this be the cause ?
Re: extract marstons pedigree smells and tastes of tcp
forgot to say it hasn't cleared yet. thanks
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boingy
Re: extract marstons pedigree smells and tastes of tcp
A TCP smell is not a good omen but give the beer a chance. What stage are you at? Is it still in the fermenter?
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Re: extract marstons pedigree smells and tastes of tcp
TCP smell/taste is the classic symptom of chlorine being present at some point in the brewing process. Either in your brewing liquor - do you treat it to remove chlorine ? Or by not rinsing gear which has been subjected to chlorine based sanitisers.
Dan!
Re: extract marstons pedigree smells and tastes of tcp
the beer is in a secondary now and i have added beer brite finnings, i didn't treat the water prior to boiling but didn't think i needed to coz its an extract batch using dme new to extract though only done kits before. its been in secondary for 3 days but tasted a bit like tcp before transfering to secondary.
Re: extract marstons pedigree smells and tastes of tcp
never had the problem with kits though