beardy_mcfacialhair
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So I've just had my 3rd beer in a row show signs of infection after 5-7 weeks of bottle conditioning. In all 3, the change in flavor has been really sudden, like beer drinking fine one day, open another a few days later and it has a distinct brett flavor, reminds me of brett b. Every subsequent beer has the same character. Nothing really consistent between the 3 batches. Only one went to a secondary (heavily dry hopped). Different carboys. No sign of infection either visible, aroma, or flavor prior to bottling. Bottles sanitized in dishwasher on hi-temp sanitize setting.
My 2nd infected beer, a hefeweizen, is actually really nice with the brett character and does not seem to be overcarbonating in the bottle (this seems odd to me).
After the first infected beer, I did a long hot diluted bleach soak on my fermenters (glass) and bottling bucket, followed by a long Star San soak. Replaced autosiphon, bottling wand, hoses, etc. (was too late for the hefeweizen, already in bottles by the time I discovered the first). But just this weekend, I popped one of the 3rd batch, a red IPA, and the same distinct brett aroma and flavor was there. No sign of it last weekend.
Has anyone had experience with this before? A sudden onset of brett character in a bottle conditioned beer?
Any advice? Is it possible I've just contaminated my 1 bedroom apartment with my couple of wild/sour/brett beers I've brewed in the last 9 months?
My 2nd infected beer, a hefeweizen, is actually really nice with the brett character and does not seem to be overcarbonating in the bottle (this seems odd to me).
After the first infected beer, I did a long hot diluted bleach soak on my fermenters (glass) and bottling bucket, followed by a long Star San soak. Replaced autosiphon, bottling wand, hoses, etc. (was too late for the hefeweizen, already in bottles by the time I discovered the first). But just this weekend, I popped one of the 3rd batch, a red IPA, and the same distinct brett aroma and flavor was there. No sign of it last weekend.
Has anyone had experience with this before? A sudden onset of brett character in a bottle conditioned beer?
Any advice? Is it possible I've just contaminated my 1 bedroom apartment with my couple of wild/sour/brett beers I've brewed in the last 9 months?