Finally got around to the Hefeweizen that I brewed in June. So I racked underneath it, and gave a taste. No joke tastes like a Hefeweizen with just a tiny hint of bubblegum.
My first infection, 5 months in the making.
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willness33
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GOOD GOD! That looks naasty. I'd still drink it though.
I think I just vomited a little.
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It's alive... ALIVE!!!
HerbieHowells
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People who post pictures of yeast rafts and ask if it is an infection should be directed to this picture. Holy cow.
MTate37
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I haven't read anything about brewing a hefeweizen, so I don't know and have to ask. Is this intentional?
gcdowd
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Worst infection I've seen. Great post. Sorry about the beer
TheZymurgist
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That was my first thought exactly.
ktraver97ss
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Thats nasty, dump that **** out!!
TheZymurgist
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Not necessarily. Racking to secondary can often increase the risk of introducing an infection, but if your sanitation practices are sound, you should be ok either way. Pretty much everyone is bound to get an infection sooner or later. It may take 10 batches, it may take 10 years. I haven't had one yet, but I'm sure it will come one day.
Whattawort
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You're a braver soul than I. You couldn't have paid me enough to be the first to drink what's underneath that. Looks like a zombie took a dump in your bucket after a night of binging on hot arse and cabbage.
F250
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Whew, that looks bad. I'm sure I would have shed a tear and then dumped it.
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RIC0
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Oddlly enough I found that same stuff in my little boys diaper earlier today...:cross:
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When I opened the bucket my buddy stepped back and walked outside saying "Dude thats gonna kill you". I told him it would be fine, so I took a drink, and it tasted like a Hefeweizen. The bucket has been sitting over night in hot water and oxiclean. I'll wash it out and let it sit in starstan for a few hours, and then dry hop an IPA in it.:rockin:
I would probably hit it with bleach first
jonnyp1980
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Could you send me some I need some mud to tape up my Sheetrock
revco
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No doubt, that's a mean, green hulk of an infection. If that were my bucket, I'd sanitize it with a flame thrower and clean it with a toss in the trash. There is no way $7 in plastic would be worth risking that again to me.
Exactly what I thought that ick was.
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