I don't think that dish soap can leave anything, I wash it a lot after that.
As i have mentioned again the bucket smells beer..
Its a plastic bucket. Cheap, easy to replace. Safe first starting point.
After cleaning keep smelling beer.. this is a sign that is not clean as much must to clean or not?
I have not used plastic in decades, but i think that some plastic can retain smell. I just pitched fruit puree and my chemical resistant bucket is stained and still smells like fruit after washing it.
If smell remains probably bacteria from previous batch remain or any part of previous batches is still in there..
Maybe?
I can understand why stainless steel is way better and cleaning more easily and better from plastic.
I give it a try today taste alot of bitter and of flavour, no bitterness like hop bitterness but something else, taste to bad.
i cant help ya with what it is without being able to taste it.
Here some photos
I will dump it in few minutes from now
Iv dumped Thousands of gallons of beer man its part of the learning process. Dont get discouraged.
Is day 13 and everything floating, you can see the green area is the dry hoops
The pellical(bacterial cap I dont know how to spell it lol) does not look like anything that i have seen from kettle souring its not a lacto or pedio that im familiar with. That is generally fuzzy white and sort of wrinkled.
My guess is the same as was stated above. scratches in the bucket harbor bugs. Best way to trouble shoot is to eliminate the most obvious thing first hence the bucket needs to be replaced. If the infection continues, you will need to look at getting new hoses and soft parts or at least boiling whatever can take the heat.
Heat can penetrate and kill, but i dont know that it is a great idea with a plastic bucket. Also depending on what kind of hoses you use it can be dangerous. Silicone can take all of the heat(but not generally the pressure), but vinyl or braided vinyl cannot and become super soft and can pop.
reducing infection opportunity is key, dont open the fermenter unless you absolutely have to. I use Isopropyl alcohol(70%) in my spray bottles for a sanitizer in the brewery. If you are working near open flames, obviously thats a concern so switch to something like starsan, iodophor or PAA, just know the limitations of those products. Vodka would also work for this application i believe but it is more pricey then isopropyl.
Be absolutely meticulous with cleaning your hands and gear once you are down to fermentation temps. Hot side is less important as everything gets boiled.
If you have a pump you can recirculate your hot wort through your hoses(assuming they can handle the high temp) before transferring to the fermenter. the hot wort will sanitize them very effectively.
Reusing yeast is something that we do extensively, but im not really sure how its done on the homebrew side. I would not reuse until you can reproduce clean beer a few times. plus storage is probably an issue as bugs will grow anytime there is air present.
