SnickleFitsBrew
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Well. I've got about 10 batches under my belt. All extract brews w/ some steeping ect. So far this summer I have had some terrible luck. I messed up my Kolsch by diluting it far to much. I ended up bottling half and racking the other half to a secondary to cold crash and see the difference it made. Well, 2 weeks in the basement, low and behold I open to bottle and boom a white film that smells like cheese. Nasty, dumped it. Whatever... That was a brand new never before used bucket that was properly sanitized. other half bottled was NOT infected... Only thing I could imagine was there was to much oxygen in the bucket? Either way. I was upset.
Now, I brewed up a Hefeweizen on 5/15. Bavarian Wheat LME, DME + 8 oz carapils + Tettnang + Hallertau on wyeast 3068. OG @ 1.050.. checked on 5/21 @ 1.019.. Bottled on 6/11. I left it in the primary the whole time, mostly due to being busy.. Beer seemed to come along nicely. Well. I had some cooper tabs laying around so I said screw it, bottled straight from primary. 57 bottles. Upon completion of bottling I open the fermenter to find a white film had at some point grown and the smell was present... didnt notice it all while bottling... Well last night decided to check out the bottles and sure enough each bottle has a nasty white film around the neck.. and smells kind of bad.. i fridged one and opened it.. no carbonation at all.. tastes blah... what the hell is this!? its so discouraging.. I currently have a IPA and Blonde Ale in the fermenters chuggin along and now I am concerned about this infection taking over my beers... its really got me down.. to the point of giving up on brewing.. all the work and this happens?
Sanitation has not changed, same thing every batch....
ALSO, it seems the 4 weeks in the primary was to long, most of the yeast seems to be settled out and carbing may now also become an issue.. seems far to clear thus far for a hefe..... this sucks!
WHAT IS THIS!?
Now, I brewed up a Hefeweizen on 5/15. Bavarian Wheat LME, DME + 8 oz carapils + Tettnang + Hallertau on wyeast 3068. OG @ 1.050.. checked on 5/21 @ 1.019.. Bottled on 6/11. I left it in the primary the whole time, mostly due to being busy.. Beer seemed to come along nicely. Well. I had some cooper tabs laying around so I said screw it, bottled straight from primary. 57 bottles. Upon completion of bottling I open the fermenter to find a white film had at some point grown and the smell was present... didnt notice it all while bottling... Well last night decided to check out the bottles and sure enough each bottle has a nasty white film around the neck.. and smells kind of bad.. i fridged one and opened it.. no carbonation at all.. tastes blah... what the hell is this!? its so discouraging.. I currently have a IPA and Blonde Ale in the fermenters chuggin along and now I am concerned about this infection taking over my beers... its really got me down.. to the point of giving up on brewing.. all the work and this happens?
Sanitation has not changed, same thing every batch....
ALSO, it seems the 4 weeks in the primary was to long, most of the yeast seems to be settled out and carbing may now also become an issue.. seems far to clear thus far for a hefe..... this sucks!
WHAT IS THIS!?