O.L.D.B.B.A
Orange Light District Brews & Q's Company
Last night we bottled a Double IPA (Extract with 6 Lbs Gold, 1 LB DME, 1 LB Corn Sugar) it was hit with lots of hops throughout the boil, including some CITRA LupulN2 Powder. It fermented fine over 3 weeks, Tasted excellent last week when we measured the gravity (1.008). It tasted fantastic and i was very excited about it.
However, when we opened up the fermenter last night, it had what i believe was pillicle on the top, it looked very strange and I have not seen this on any prior beers (have only brewed 5 batches so far). we racked from underneath the film into the bottling bucket, and as the beer flowed into the bucket, a strange greasy/waxy looking film formed only on the flowing beer. it was very odd looking. The beer tastes NOTHING like it tasted last week. It wasnt awful tasting, just very odd tasting, I would say atleast "slightly" Sour. Still delicious but im pretty concerned as i have put it into bottles with 4 ounces of priming sugar. I forgot to take pictures unfortunately. it looked very small white "Ice on a lake" type of floaties. and a wavy/wrinkly greasy looking film in the bottling bucket. I ferment in a plastic bucket. Just wondering on the general consensus of what went wrong, how much equipment should I toss out? dont want this to happen again bviously
However, when we opened up the fermenter last night, it had what i believe was pillicle on the top, it looked very strange and I have not seen this on any prior beers (have only brewed 5 batches so far). we racked from underneath the film into the bottling bucket, and as the beer flowed into the bucket, a strange greasy/waxy looking film formed only on the flowing beer. it was very odd looking. The beer tastes NOTHING like it tasted last week. It wasnt awful tasting, just very odd tasting, I would say atleast "slightly" Sour. Still delicious but im pretty concerned as i have put it into bottles with 4 ounces of priming sugar. I forgot to take pictures unfortunately. it looked very small white "Ice on a lake" type of floaties. and a wavy/wrinkly greasy looking film in the bottling bucket. I ferment in a plastic bucket. Just wondering on the general consensus of what went wrong, how much equipment should I toss out? dont want this to happen again bviously