DamnRedhead
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Hey all,
We homebrew in the office, a nice 15 gallon electric setup, and got our first bad beer in 3+ years; a pumpkin ale. Through primary fermentation it smelled nice and sweet, we tasted it, it was on point. I wasn't there when the rest of the team racked it to secondary (after 3 weeks), however I was told they sanitized as usual (they're good about that), and used the boil kettle as a temporary location before putting it back in the conical.
I kegged it on Monday (another week and a half... about a month total) and it was a little sour, but since I haven't ever had this recipe before, I actually thought it was good. We taste tested it yesterday and it was still sour, to the point the existing team said it was undrinkable. What happened?
There were no signs of infection... nothing unusual on the top when fermenting, it was still clear when kegging, etc. Any thoughts?
Currently it's in kegs and sitting... would it be better to let it sit in the fridge or at room temp?
We homebrew in the office, a nice 15 gallon electric setup, and got our first bad beer in 3+ years; a pumpkin ale. Through primary fermentation it smelled nice and sweet, we tasted it, it was on point. I wasn't there when the rest of the team racked it to secondary (after 3 weeks), however I was told they sanitized as usual (they're good about that), and used the boil kettle as a temporary location before putting it back in the conical.
I kegged it on Monday (another week and a half... about a month total) and it was a little sour, but since I haven't ever had this recipe before, I actually thought it was good. We taste tested it yesterday and it was still sour, to the point the existing team said it was undrinkable. What happened?
There were no signs of infection... nothing unusual on the top when fermenting, it was still clear when kegging, etc. Any thoughts?
Currently it's in kegs and sitting... would it be better to let it sit in the fridge or at room temp?