Never saw one that bad either. Maybe capper not sealing them tight enough? Did you smell malt while they were carbing & conditioning?
Never saw one that bad either. Maybe capper not sealing them tight enough? Did you smell malt while they were carbing & conditioning?
I think I figured out what happened. On brew day I could only get down to about 80 degrees with my plate chiller and it took me about 3 hrs to get from 80 to 70 in my conical and I pretty much preselected perfectly for a lacto contamination. Next time I am rigging up a prechiller. I also transferred some of my base batch onto the batch with fruit to even them out a little. Either way, I think both batches will be tasty and I am going to the mother of all cleaning sessions once I am done with these batches and dedicate all the valves, gaskets, and hoses to sours just in case!
the capper is sealing good. I tilted some bottles and there are no leaks. When I bottled I tasted it and it didn't taste bad. Tonight I was going to do a Citra IPA and when I got the fermentation bucket out I noticed it had a smell of vinegar. I cleaned it last week with a good dose of Star San after bottling these. I wonder if I had an infection that I didn't detect. Beer looked good going into the bottles though so I'm stumped.
That looks very aggressive. Have you ever cleaned that bottling bucket spigot, I mean the two 3/4" inch barrels of the main body that rotate within each other, not just the one with the handle. Those 2 barrels come apart after soaking in hot water. Then there are threads, the rubber seal, the nut. A real bug trap. I'd leave an inch or 2 of Starsan in that bucket when stored away, with a lid on it (not snapped).
Starsan is not a cleaner. PBW is.
I have been cleaning everything with PBW but after that I wipe down with Star San. But I haven't taken the spigot totally apart like you suggest. I'll bet that's where the little critters were hiding.
Looks like I'll be opening and dumping 5 gallons of bottled beer. Might just buy a new bucket, spigot, bottle filler, and hose to be on the safe side.
I have been cleaning everything with PBW but after that I wipe down with Star San. But I haven't taken the spigot totally apart like you suggest. I'll bet that's where the little critters were hiding.
Looks like I'll be opening and dumping 5 gallons of bottled beer. Might just buy a new bucket, spigot, bottle filler, and hose to be on the safe side.
I have been cleaning everything with PBW but after that I wipe down with Star San. [...]
I just caught this.
Make sure you rinse the PBW off with clean water before you "wipe down" with Starsan. Starsan only works while it's acidic.
PBW's strong alkalinity kills Starsan's joy.
Starsan in a spray bottle works like a charm, but some things are better dunked and soaked (hoses etc.).
looked fine when I bottled my Kolsch last Monday, now I have this in all of the bottles
Looks like you got an infection in the bottle. The bottle wasnt sanitized properly what it looks like. Keep an eye on the carbonation so you wont have any bottle bombs
looked fine when I bottled my Kolsch last Monday, now I have this in all of the bottles
Looks like you got an infection in the bottle. The bottle wasnt sanitized properly what it looks like. Keep an eye on the carbonation so you wont have any bottle bombs
All his bottles seem to have this problem. Unless all those bottles weren't cleaned and sanitized properly, it could be a little higher up in the chain. Rinsing alone is not enough. Some PBW or washing soda using hot water and a bottle brush is cleaning. Then rinse (jet washer) and liberal use of Starsan should get those bottles ready for use. And Starsan right before bottling. Dust getting inside of bottles during storage will taint them again.
So review your bottling process and see where the infection could have crept in.
+1 on the bottle bombs.
I have nothing constructive to add, but the beer looks pretty! Give it a small taste?Spent 3 hours sanitizing bottles and equipment THEN opened the fermenter:smack:
It is a 30 IBU citra, light extract APAish beer, non dry hopped. The fermenter smells real good and fruity.
I brewed it 2.5 months ago and left it in the fermenter at roomtemp. (~74F)
Are they friendly looking or not? (dump or not? i am okay with something sour or funky)
I tasted it, it tastes normal or maybe a bit sourish but i remember i perceived a previous citra smash beer kinda acidic before bottle carbonation during bottling so i am not sure if it is bad.
Fairly similar looking to glues. Just found these in some
Washed yeast i planned on dumping anyway since i hadnt used it in a few months. Just curious as to what these are. View attachment 214759
Are they really blue, or is that an artifact from the image? If they are, that looks like mold. These are hard to tell when in early stages.
Fairly similar looking to glues. Just found these in some
Washed yeast i planned on dumping anyway since i hadnt used it in a few months. Just curious as to what these are. View attachment 214759
This was in all 3 jars as well. Not sure as to the cause either as my sanitation practices were diligent.
Edit: or so i thought*
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Dumped this last night, it was...thick?
Dumped this last night, it was...thick?
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