It happened- I got my first infection in a 10 gallon batch. It must have been in the yeast or in the system after boil, because both fermenters are filled with phenolic beer. I had a nice jar of harvested WLP001, and enough for both fermenters. I think from now on, I"ll use different yeast in different fermenters "just in case".
It breaks my heart to dump 10 gallons of hopbursted APA- what a waste of time and hops!
And the worst part? I'm just about out of beer, since I haven't had much time to brew lately. I went from having three beers on tap to just the tail end of one keg. I might have to buy commercial beer to get me through this difficult time.
I'm thinking that it's really got to be the harvested yeast- but I'm going to go double check all of my "cold side" stuff before brewing again on Thursday. I'm so mad!!!!!!!
It breaks my heart to dump 10 gallons of hopbursted APA- what a waste of time and hops!
And the worst part? I'm just about out of beer, since I haven't had much time to brew lately. I went from having three beers on tap to just the tail end of one keg. I might have to buy commercial beer to get me through this difficult time.
I'm thinking that it's really got to be the harvested yeast- but I'm going to go double check all of my "cold side" stuff before brewing again on Thursday. I'm so mad!!!!!!!