It takes an incredibly small amount of chlorine or chloramine to impart detectable chlorophenol in beer...even a recently washed serving glass that is still wet with chlorinated water will instantly create chlorophenol. Yes, in a finished beer!
The one time it occurred was in the Portland OR airport at a local brewery's bar. They had just washed the glasses in the typical glassware dunkings and served the beers in those glasses. I complained and thought that the beer was bad. They had apparently had this happen before since they dumped that beer and served the same beer in a properly rinsed and dried glass and there was no problem. Happy me.
They are - I have a glass rinser in my bar and all bars would hook up to a standard cold water feed. That's how they're meant to be used. I find it hard to believe that a glass rinsed with tap water will cause issues with chloramine.So is this saying that every bar/brewery that water rinses their glasses prior to serving a drink is ruining the beer?
I'm just assuming, but I'm guessing most of them are using straight tap water when they are using the water sprayer.
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