Oops, smells like some sour candy

snowtires · Mar 26, 2013

I dont know what happened but I got me something sour smelling. Like one of those really sour candies times a million smelling. So sour I almost can't explain the smell. This is a sierra Nevada pale ale clone. Its been about a month and I was gonna rack it and it had a pellicle. This is my first infection, I might keep it, any ideas on what it might be?

snowtires · Mar 26, 2013

Here's what it looks like

BryanThompson · Mar 27, 2013

Looks like Lacto to me.

Calder · Mar 27, 2013

Vinegar possibly? What is the gravity (has it done anything)? How does it taste?

spenghali · Mar 28, 2013

BryanThompson said:
Looks like Lacto to me.

Probably not lacto since it is a SNPA clone. Lacto is deterred if IBUs are higher than about 8.

BryanThompson · Mar 28, 2013

There are some strains of Lacto that are IBU tolerant.

WilliamWS · Mar 28, 2013

Yeah, I've brewed several sour/funky farmhouse ales in the mid 20's for ibu's that lacto has had no problem with. I'm mostly using dregs, not the commercially available strains, though.

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