Pellicle Photo Collection

Wild yeast experiment that sat too long before stepping up. I made some starter wort and set it outside overnight to cool and catch whatever was floating around in the air. Left a little over a week and after the mold formed I decided to pitch it. Will try again soon.
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Got a wicked pellicle on this Brett Brux Cider:

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The Wallonian Farmhouse cider also has quite a pellicle developing, but more difficult to photograph because it is also growing up the sides of the carboy in the headspace.

joshrosborne said:

ECY01 + dregs fro O'so Dwell on the Threshold

The Yeast Bay Melange

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Oooh I hope my Melange Cider develops a pellicle like this!

Found this on commercial brews. Musy have oxygen in. Never seen one like this

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DisturbdChemist said:

Found this on commercial brews. Musy have oxygen in. Never seen one like this

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What beer?

youreanimpulse said:

What beer?

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Its a brett beer from alvinne. Forgot the name.

De Bom after about 2 months at my friend's place.

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i brewed this about two months ago and pitched roeselare. ive added dregs from two gueuze tilquins, oude quetsche tilquin, cuvee renee, and oude gueuze boon along the way and it smells really good.

First one is a de bom sour at a couple months. Pellicle is more bubbly than it looks but couldnt get a better angle. Next is a week ass pellicle on a RU55 clone. Last is a thing of beauty of a one gallon "starter" jug of conan and crooked stave dregs.
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finsfan said:

First one is a de bom sour at a couple months. Pellicle is more bubbly than it looks but couldnt get a better angle. Next is a week ass pellicle on a RU55 clone. Last is a thing of beauty of a one gallon "starter" jug of conan and crooked stave dregs.
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Get that weak ass pellicle outa here.
What yeast did you use on the RU55 clone?

WesleyS said:

Get that weak ass pellicle outa here.
What yeast did you use on the RU55 clone?

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Haha I used ECY-20 and then added dreggs from RU55 a few weeks back.

finsfan said:

Haha I used ECY-20 and then added dreggs from RU55 a few weeks back.

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Oh, ok. I'm glad you were able to pitch dregs from the real deal.

finsfan said:

First one is a de bom sour at a couple months. Pellicle is more bubbly than it looks but couldnt get a better angle. Next is a week ass pellicle on a RU55 clone. Last is a thing of beauty of a one gallon "starter" jug of conan and crooked stave dregs.

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Get that snake outta there.

WesleyS said:

Oh, ok. I'm glad you were able to pitch dregs from the real deal.

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BGBC really hooked me up in a home brew swap. He provided me the recipe and knew i hadnt tried the beer so he included that in the swap.

dcHokie said:

Get that snake outta there.

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I'm fairly surprised ive never had a snake in the basement but fortunately that is the carboy carrier shadow haha.

finsfan said:

BGBC really hooked me up in a home brew swap. He provided me the recipe and knew i hadnt tried the beer so he included that in the swap.

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Just set aside some for me for an eventual future swap and we're good.

BGBC said:

Just set aside some for me for an eventual future swap and we're good.

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You already have a six pack with your name on it!

So I have a gallon of a mild ale that I put on dregs from a New Glarus Wild Peach in... October maybe? It took a couple weeks to get to this point and it's just kinda stayed like this. How do I know when it's "done"?

FourSeasonAngler said:

So I have a gallon of a mild ale that I put on dregs from a New Glarus Wild Peach in... October maybe? It took a couple weeks to get to this point and it's just kinda stayed like this. How do I know when it's "done"?

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Gravity. Id give it another 4-5 months, check the gravity, leave it be a month, and if the gravity is still the same its probably ready.

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Cuvee Rene dregs in a 1.061 Belgian pale ale. My first bug brew 🍷🎉

New growth:
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My first pellicle...I hope.

I brewed a saison and added raspberries and brett to it. I'm hoping this white stuff on top of the raspberries is a pellicle. I didn't want to start another: Mold or Pellicle thread, so I figured I'd ask here. Mold or pellicle?
Thanks,
Mike

^^looks like pellicle to me

I agree, looks like pellicle. Mold typically is a dark color while pellicles are all white.

Just kegged my Saison Brett from under this.

A Simple Braggot that stalled a little bit to high for my liking so I pitched Brett. lambicus... That was about 6 months ago. Haven't touched this half of the batch since.

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Berliner Weisse I brewed last summer. Added 5# fresh peaches on August 20/ Brett B about ten days after that.
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Pellicle started to form mid-December after I pulled a sample.
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That first picture looks like a close-up shot of the southern end of a northbound pig.

coldcrash said:

Pellicle started to form mid-December after I pulled a sample.
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and it tasted...............?????????????????

Inkleg said:

and it tasted...............?????????????????

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Sample was great actually. Big fresh peach aroma. Nice and tart from the 72 hr sour mash. No real Brett character yet but hoping it develops some funk with some more time.

Lemon Rosemary Gose.
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BGBC said:

Lemon Rosemary Gose.
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That's a beaut Clark!

Just some dregs from Russian River, The Bruery, and Cascade in about half a gallon of 1.030ish starter wort, but, dang, I've been itching to post in this thread since I first found HBT! Gotta start that sour program somewhere...

BGBC said:

Lemon Rosemary Gose.
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That is really beautiful! (or am I strange?)

@Brewitt
You are strange, in the correct place and amongst lovers of the strange

Here's a baby pellicle I got by putting some fresh wort in the unrinsed vial of ECY Dirty Dozen and letting it sit in the ferm chamber with the lid loose. It smells like tart strawberries!

Starter culture for many sour beers to come. Taken a few days after pitching.

Some of the Wyeast De Bom and Our Bruin in there with a forgotten vial of 2013 BugCounty.

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thatjonguy said:

Starter culture for many sour beers to come. Taken a few days after pitching.

Some of the Wyeast De Bom and Our Bruin in there with a forgotten vial of 2013 BugCounty.

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Maybe it's just the lighting, but that bad boy looks thick, like a scoby. The dark beer underneath and so light on top.

BGBC said:

Maybe it's just the lighting, but that bad boy looks thick, like a scoby. The dark beer underneath and so light on top.

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That dark beer is the top of my kegerator (black). Small volume starter in a 1 gallon jug, wasn't sure what to expect with that old BugCounty.

thatjonguy said:

That dark beer is the top of my kegerator (black). Small volume starter in a 1 gallon jug, wasn't sure what to expect with that old BugCounty.

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Ah, haha, I see it now. Step that bad boy up!