Lacto infection?

Hi!

I brewed a chocolate milk stout for about two weeks ago.
Added some roasted cocoa nibs into secondary and it's been sitting there for a couple of days now.

I think that I've been to quick with the cocoa addition, as I only roasted it in the oven at around 160deg for aprox. 20 mins.

Now the beer has a white filmlike pelicle, and looks really similar to a lacto infestation. (The same you would get in a lambic after a couple of months.).

What do you guys think? Dump it or keg it?

 

Sour stouts are awesome. I'd keep it and see if it's actually lacto.

 

I know. I'm a big fan of "Tart of Darkness". But, I'm kind of unsure it this beer will be great as a sour stout. And, the cocoa nibs should not be lying in the beer for too long either...

 

Something nasty is brewing, thats for sure! Just a few hours after the first pic I took, it look like this...
Serious infected!

 

Can you rack from under that crazy looking scab and transfer off of the nibs? Great Basin Brewing has a sour milk stout that's pretty good. I'd keep it, your mileage may vary.

 

Yeah. It's a PET bottle with spigot. I'll rack it off tomorrow. Maybe I'll add some Wyeast Roeselare blend

 

Yeah, it's certainly worth tasting. That pellicle doesn't look TOO creepy.


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