dougdecinces
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Last night I bottled a one gallon batch of a mild ale with brett. It had been aging on brett for about 7 months after which I racked it on to 2 lbs of mulberries (this was late May). I remember last checking on it about a month ago and it had a meaty/hot dog flavor and was almost unpalatable. I looked this up online and figured this was most likely autolysis.
I decided to bottle it anyways figuring it might age out. Then I took a taste of it having racked it off the yeast and the fruit and it tastes normal. Not as sour as I wanted, but that's neither here nor there. Obviously since it's fine now I have nothing to worry about, but I'd like to know for sure what happened to this batch so I can carry that knowledge with me with future batches. Was it autolysis and racking it off the yeast "fixed" it? Or was this an example of a "sick" sour ale? Your input is welcome.
I decided to bottle it anyways figuring it might age out. Then I took a taste of it having racked it off the yeast and the fruit and it tastes normal. Not as sour as I wanted, but that's neither here nor there. Obviously since it's fine now I have nothing to worry about, but I'd like to know for sure what happened to this batch so I can carry that knowledge with me with future batches. Was it autolysis and racking it off the yeast "fixed" it? Or was this an example of a "sick" sour ale? Your input is welcome.