jtakacs
Well-Known Member
straight up powdery pellicle sitting atop my belgian pale ale. i literally cracked it open to bottle after 4 weeks in primary and i have NO IDEA what happened.
smells like nail polish remover (acetate), wouldn't dream of tasting it and i am PISSED OFF!!! i've had infected beers before but i always knew what caused it - i'm just stunned on this one - this batch went perfect, i mean really, acetate?!?!?!?. as an aside, i think i'm going back to iodophor - i've never had any problem with it and star san just doesn't do it for me. ARG!!!
sucking down an imperial belgian wit to calm my nerves, but it took every ounce of energy to not throw the whole bucket into the f***ing street... i capped it, and let it sit - not sure why, it's trash.
the only thing i can think of that was different was i ran out of lids and used a lid that doesn't have an airtight seal, but fermentation started like a rocket and i checked gravity a week ago (with sterile equipment) and it was just fine - the other thing was we had a heat wave and the beer got warm for sure, but it was all post fermentation - it had hit final gravity well before the heat.
and everything else is fine... ack!
sorry, had to rant... not happy... i was stoked about this beer because i did continuous saaz hop additions every 60 seconds for the last 15 minutes...
smells like nail polish remover (acetate), wouldn't dream of tasting it and i am PISSED OFF!!! i've had infected beers before but i always knew what caused it - i'm just stunned on this one - this batch went perfect, i mean really, acetate?!?!?!?. as an aside, i think i'm going back to iodophor - i've never had any problem with it and star san just doesn't do it for me. ARG!!!
sucking down an imperial belgian wit to calm my nerves, but it took every ounce of energy to not throw the whole bucket into the f***ing street... i capped it, and let it sit - not sure why, it's trash.
the only thing i can think of that was different was i ran out of lids and used a lid that doesn't have an airtight seal, but fermentation started like a rocket and i checked gravity a week ago (with sterile equipment) and it was just fine - the other thing was we had a heat wave and the beer got warm for sure, but it was all post fermentation - it had hit final gravity well before the heat.
and everything else is fine... ack!
sorry, had to rant... not happy... i was stoked about this beer because i did continuous saaz hop additions every 60 seconds for the last 15 minutes...