Llarian
Well-Known Member
I haven't brewed for 6+ months due to moving. Finally got things started and washed out my mash tun with PBW and hot water before starting to preheat and clean it.
When I mashed in, I got an incredible smell of Lacto off the mash. I admit, its been a while since I brewed and maybe that's just what mashing smells like, but I doubt it. I always thoroughly rinse my mash tun after use (and would have the last time I used it), but I'm not sure if I cleaned it. (This is a 10G cooler mash tun for what its worth)
Has anybody run into this? Is my mash lost? It doesn't taste too terribly bad (yet), but its only been in there for 20 minutes. I'm hoping I'm just getting some lacto smell off the unused tun sides, but I'm concerned I'm making a sour mash. The only thing that makes me think it might be ok is that it immediatly smelled like that, and a sour mash takes time.
The homebrew store made a small minimash with the same grain and it came out fine, so it isn't the grain.
Thoughts? =)
When I mashed in, I got an incredible smell of Lacto off the mash. I admit, its been a while since I brewed and maybe that's just what mashing smells like, but I doubt it. I always thoroughly rinse my mash tun after use (and would have the last time I used it), but I'm not sure if I cleaned it. (This is a 10G cooler mash tun for what its worth)
Has anybody run into this? Is my mash lost? It doesn't taste too terribly bad (yet), but its only been in there for 20 minutes. I'm hoping I'm just getting some lacto smell off the unused tun sides, but I'm concerned I'm making a sour mash. The only thing that makes me think it might be ok is that it immediatly smelled like that, and a sour mash takes time.
The homebrew store made a small minimash with the same grain and it came out fine, so it isn't the grain.
Thoughts? =)