FIRST INFECTION CONFIRMED! I think?

[thood6]

So after posting a suspicion thread a few days ago i believe i do have an infection. There is one little speck of milky white stuff floating in the middle but it has not spread. So i was feeling hopeful as I tasted it after 4 weeks of lagering there was this awful sour taste that almost made me gag. Any hope its just my untrained taste buds tasting uncarbed beer?

 

[H-ost]

Did you have any pics by chance? Sour after 4 weeks sounds like infected to me but I am curious about this "white spot". Is this your first brew, referring to your comment about not having tasted uncarbed beer.

 

[thood6]

No I'm stll noob but it is my fifth brew. I posted a pic on a previous thread. Ill see if I can find it again.

 

[marubozo]

I wouldn't go by any floaties you see in the beer, but if you taste a sample and it makes you instantly gag, that's usually not a good sign. I've brewed plenty of beers, and even even ones that sucked didn't trigger a gag reflex. But the few infected batches I had, yeah, it only took a sip to realize something wasn't right.

 

[emjay]

I wouldn't go by any floaties you see in the beer, but if you taste a sample and it makes you instantly gag, that's usually not a good sign. I've brewed plenty of beers, and even even ones that sucked didn't trigger a gag reflex. But the few infected batches I had, yeah, it only took a sip to realize something wasn't right.

Odd. Even your uninfected beers make most people gag...