Superdave
Well-Known Member
I've been super busy the past few weeks, and never had time to bottle some wheat beer that was brewed something like April 29th. I figured it'd be okay in my garage, and kept thinking, "one more day won't hurt."
Well, I went to finally bottle it tonight, and was only half surprised to see white mold growing on the top of at least one fermenter (hard to tell for sure on the other due to krausen on the sides). Both smelled funky, and the one I tasted had a sour flavor.
It did taste okay when I pulled a sample a week or so after brewing.
The garage has probably gotten warmer than I'd like, probably mid-70's as of late.
So I'm not real surprised that the beer is now gross, but the main thing I want to make sure that the mold could have happened just because of the age and not because of an infection.
Well, I went to finally bottle it tonight, and was only half surprised to see white mold growing on the top of at least one fermenter (hard to tell for sure on the other due to krausen on the sides). Both smelled funky, and the one I tasted had a sour flavor.
It did taste okay when I pulled a sample a week or so after brewing.
The garage has probably gotten warmer than I'd like, probably mid-70's as of late.
So I'm not real surprised that the beer is now gross, but the main thing I want to make sure that the mold could have happened just because of the age and not because of an infection.