bergman1118
Well-Known Member
So I was just perusing around here just now, and stumbled upon a bit of information that kind of worries me... fruit flies can lead to acetobacter infections? If this is the case, how exactly does this occur?
On my pumpkin ale I bottled a bit over a week ago, I noticed after coming back home after a few days away that a few fruit flies had somehow drowned themselves in the airlock (which was filled w/ san-star and water)... and now I am noticing on my bottles and Tap-a-Draft PET bottles that there is a faint line around the interface of the beer and air in the bottles. Is this just from the beer not moving for a week? Is it just CO2 built up or something? Or is this cause for concern? I recently had about half a batch of a brown ale go bad (lots of gushers, acetone aroma, consensus was a likely acetobacter infection), so I am really really not looking to go through this again so soon... especially with my pumpkin ale which i obviously brewed for the season.
There have been a lot of fruit flies around my house recently (damn spontaneously generating bastards!), and I would just like to know how these buggers can cause infection, and whether my brew is going to be ok..
On my pumpkin ale I bottled a bit over a week ago, I noticed after coming back home after a few days away that a few fruit flies had somehow drowned themselves in the airlock (which was filled w/ san-star and water)... and now I am noticing on my bottles and Tap-a-Draft PET bottles that there is a faint line around the interface of the beer and air in the bottles. Is this just from the beer not moving for a week? Is it just CO2 built up or something? Or is this cause for concern? I recently had about half a batch of a brown ale go bad (lots of gushers, acetone aroma, consensus was a likely acetobacter infection), so I am really really not looking to go through this again so soon... especially with my pumpkin ale which i obviously brewed for the season.
There have been a lot of fruit flies around my house recently (damn spontaneously generating bastards!), and I would just like to know how these buggers can cause infection, and whether my brew is going to be ok..