03-02-2006, 10:54 PM
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metallic tasting beer
Just finished moving 600 miles up the state..cleaned my keg lines before I packed them away for the move...used my kegerator as a fridge for a few days, made the move...and today bought a keg of fosters....I also got a new canister of CO2...The welding shop I got it at doesn't refills on site, just does exchange for an already filled canister....when I hooked it all up, and drew a beer, there is a pretty strong metallic aftertaste...what could be causing this? Is the beer itself a bad batch? is there some way the CO2 can be polluted...even though I drew the beer within a minute ro so of hooking up the CO2?
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03-04-2006, 06:35 AM
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I've had that happen with a Sam Adams keg once, cleared itself up after pouring a few. dont know what the problem was. when I used to drink canned beer, sometimes you would get that taste.
"If I had to live my life over, I'd live over a saloon" W.C. Fields
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03-04-2006, 07:08 PM
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If the cylinder has not been *** tested recently, there could be contamination in the bottle. There should be a date stamped on the cylinder. This date is current for five years. After this the cylinder is visually inspected and pressure tested.
Check out a gas purifier. This may alleviate an off taste issue.
Scott Zuhse, Instructor Micro Matic Dispense Institute
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03-06-2006, 12:54 PM
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The taste cleared up after a few beers...I think it was a natural part of the beer flavor that for some reason was 'very' strong....because I can still taste it very faintly in the background...but the beer tastes totally normal to me....will have to order a glass of fosters somewhere if I find a local place that serves it...where I just moved...'nothing' iis local though..LOL
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04-04-2006, 06:27 PM
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make sure gas is food grade metallic taste is usually overcarbonation
marty
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04-05-2006, 09:16 PM
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Is there a food grade CO2? I thought there was only medical grade and everything else.
"If you tap it, they will come."
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04-06-2006, 07:01 PM
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i know with pepsi everything that we use includeing co2 has to be food grade wether its filters on our bulk tank or what but im pretty sure it is food grade
marty
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