So me and Yeast Infection (another member here) had 20 gallons to bottle this weekend. Went over to his place to start the process and we popped open the first bucket to see and smell what we thought would be our glorious new wheat beer...boy were we surprised. Mold. The entire top layer was covered. It smelled horrendous.
We have never had an infection before so this was a shocker. We moved to our other beer, which was a 15 gallon batch in 3 seperate buckets. Particles of mold in each, also with a very sour and just disgusting smell.
This is the first time we have used buckets to ferment. We are thinking this is the culprit, since as I said, we've never had an infection before. None of our methods have changed so we cannot think how this could be. Anyone have any ideas?
Nonetheless, we had to dump 20 gallons of homebrew. A moment of silence didn't even feel good enough...
We have never had an infection before so this was a shocker. We moved to our other beer, which was a 15 gallon batch in 3 seperate buckets. Particles of mold in each, also with a very sour and just disgusting smell.
This is the first time we have used buckets to ferment. We are thinking this is the culprit, since as I said, we've never had an infection before. None of our methods have changed so we cannot think how this could be. Anyone have any ideas?
Nonetheless, we had to dump 20 gallons of homebrew. A moment of silence didn't even feel good enough...