Beer ropey on day 2 - no pedio

[Joewalla88]

I was doing an experiment where I boiled up a 3 gallon wheat extract batch. I added some yogurt and probiotics, split it into three 1 gallon carboys to let it sour over a day or two. My plan was to pitch dregs that I'd propped up from 3 different commercial beers, and see how they compared when they were finished. After 2 day they were all ropey, and putting off massive co2. I pitched the mostly brett dregs anyway, but I may have lost some right away when the carboys began to foam back over. What would cause ropiness and such a massive output of CO2? And in such a short amount of time.

 

[mitchard]

I've never heard of Pedio getting a beer sick that quick. Pretty wild, no pun intended. Hopefully someone be able to help, because i'm curious to see the responses now.

 

[Joewalla88]

I hope the brett will clean it all up. Right now it reminds me of snot.

 

[Joewalla88]

Okay, so I've checked the three carboys out, and they still look ropey, but they all look and smell different now. I think the yeasts are starting to take effect now. I'll just give them some time. Still curious what caused the ropiness. I dont know enough about bacteria, which ones produce CO2, and what cause ropiness. I know pedio can cause the ropey effect, but maybe there are others.