My 20th batch apparently has an infection. From what I can tell it looks like Brett. It looks like waxy film with some bubbles and smells like sour + strong alcohol. I'm super careful with sanitation so it's really bumming me. I used two dry packs of Safale-05 and I've heard tale of contaminated yeast before, but who knows when my batch got contaminated. It seems like I keep having issues using this Brewcube thing I got for 10 gallons batches. Never had an infection before (that I know of), but had temp problems and ester problems. Can anyone provide feedback as to this seems like brett?
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I tried to draw samples from below the surface, but matter and cloudiness was in each sample I took.
Dumping my first batch tomorrow and its 10 gallons of my favorite brown ale.
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I tried to draw samples from below the surface, but matter and cloudiness was in each sample I took.
Dumping my first batch tomorrow and its 10 gallons of my favorite brown ale.