I'll show you mine if you show me yours (pellicles)

[TheMitz]

White Labs Sour Blend:

Blended that with some fresher sour blends I had in the cellar and ****** around with some wax. Labels to follow too. Switching to dregs from now on I think for more funk.

 

[ShawDeuce221]

Transfered a <insert style here> a few weeks ago that I primary'd with ECY Bug County, pellicle formed rather quick.

Remember ^that^ pellicle? Well it is now vthisv pellicle.

 

[lopejuice1]

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This is a rye saison primary'd with 3724, then added the dregs from a wheat is the new hops and a plan bee amour. Almost 3 months in and this thing smells and tastes incredible! I had talked to the Plan Bee brewer about it and he was saying it would have a distinct strawberry flavor and damn he was right. It's a strawberry bomb right now, just waiting for the brett from the WiTNH to funk it up a bit.

 

[justforrazors]

Added 10 pounds of norton grapes to 5 gallons of roselaire+3f dregs golden ale brewed September 2013 last Sunday. Fermentation finally kicked back into gear. Loving the purple hue to the pellicle.

 

[dasmusik]

Brewed a Red ale clean in January, been souring it with brett and all sorts of nasty bugs n dregs for months now. Pellicle formed when I added several pounds of Mangos a couple months ago...

 

[Trady]

Still pretty young, but here's my lambic wort just starting to form its pellicle, used Wyeast Lambic Blend, brewed all grain in bag on Father's Day

 

[KeKeKumba]

Tossed 3F OG dregs into a 3 gal batch I forgot about. I have no plans for this beer, I just wanted to post in this thread.

 

[Pneill3161]

Still pretty young, but here's my lambic wort just starting to form its pellicle, used Wyeast Lambic Blend, brewed all grain in bag on Father's Day

Your pellicle games weak! Here's mine from June.

 

[drgarage1]

Your pellicle games weak! Here's mine from June.

Still not quite as weird as that one I posted...

 

[ShawDeuce221]

Some spontaneous stuff I've been working on.

From the kitchen:

From the attic:

**NOT A PELLICLE** About 3/4gal in a pot in my backyard (probably will have a pellicle soonish):

 

[JulianB1]

Crooked Stave and HF dregs in primary made this pellicle. It got thicker over time.

 

[oldp0rt]

Not as aggressive as most of you guys but here's what i got now.

Also, Isn't pellicle created by the bacteria to stop air from getting into the beer? If so, the guys with grnarly ass pellicle, do you guys even have airlocks on there?

 

[Snarf1]

Not as aggressive as most of you guys but here's what i got now.

Also, Isn't pellicle created by the bacteria to stop air from getting into the beer? If so, the guys with grnarly ass pellicle, do you guys even have airlocks on there?

Some bacteria can form a pellicle as do many wild yeasts & cultured brett. I've noticed that most of the gnarly pellicles in this thread are on beers in buckets, which have very high oxygen permeability, or in carboys with lots of headspace. I think the headspace only makes a difference if the beer is sampled frequently. I've left a beer with lots of headspace alone and had minimal pellicle formation, taken a sample, and then had an alien pellicle form in no time. Personally, I would never keep a beer in a bucket longer than it takes for a primary ferment, but others feel that it yields satisfactory results.

 

[oldp0rt]

Some bacteria can form a pellicle as do many wild yeasts & cultured brett. I've noticed that most of the gnarly pellicles in this thread are on beers in buckets, which have very high oxygen permeability, or in carboys with lots of headspace. I think the headspace only makes a difference if the beer is sampled frequently. I've left a beer with lots of headspace alone and had minimal pellicle formation, taken a sample, and then had an alien pellicle form in no time. Personally, I would never keep a beer in a bucket longer than it takes for a primary ferment, but others feel that it yields satisfactory results.

Yeah, I also agree on the bucket. I don't use it for long term aging even though I've already thought about it because adding and removing the fruit would be so much easier.

 

[lopejuice1]

I've never used a bucket but I would imagine a 2nd use barrel, even waxed, is pretty oxygen permeable as well in the long term.

 

[poopinmybutt]

check out this trippy ass pelicle upside down because i'm too lazy to correct it. it's an apricot blonde w/dregs from a few bottles of crabtree maggie

 

[Snarf1]

I've never used a bucket but I would imagine a 2nd use barrel, even waxed, is pretty oxygen permeable as well in the long term.

Little barrels are as bad or worse than buckets, but wax is supposed to make a big difference. Standard barrels are much less permeable than either. The only statistical source I know of is the chart from wild brews, but I don't seem to have it on my phone anymore.

 

[t sizzle]

Here's mine from my saison. I added Brett B, and dregs from a Crooked Stave and Orval bottles. I've decided to wait out the beer for a while. I was contemplating bottling a couple months ago but I'm going to hold off.

 

[GMRfx]

Start of a little peach funk:

 

[GMRfx]

Yesterday:

Peaches have now all floated to the top, and busted up the pelicle.

 

[lopejuice1]

brett l, lacto, pedio @5 months

 

[justforrazors]

Turbid mash "lambic" with bugfarm, bugcounty and dregs of a 1989 de neve gueuze. Brewed September 13th. Interestingly enough, the beer was a split batch and another carboy got the bug farm/county mix too, but dregs from hommage, fou and a and t. Absolutely no pellicle at all on that one.

 

[ShawDeuce221]

Some less than happy events took place recently. I was checking up on a brettC beer I brewed a few weeks ago and opened the fridge door to find the bung popped out

Pretty wicked pellicle formed though, figured I'd share

Tasted like vinegar, had to dump.

 

[coldcrash1]

Here's a Berliner Weisse I brewed last summer. Added Brett B August 20/ fresh peaches about ten days later.



Pellicle began to form mid December after I pulled a sample.

 

[Trady]

Some less than happy events took place recently. I was checking up on a brettC beer I brewed a few weeks ago and opened the fridge door to find the bung popped out

Pretty wicked pellicle formed though, figured I'd share

Tasted like vinegar, had to dump.

Looks like you need some more TP for that bunghole

 

[ShawDeuce221]

Looks like you need some more TP for that bunghole

Story of my life, bro

 

[DJPhresh]

A big Ol' Girl I was able to snag a pic of.
Gene OsLovesBeer had a small sample. Still very young.

 

[Pneill3161]

Last minute shot before she was destroyed.

 

[Snarf1]

Even my pellicles are boring old man status.

Very thin and waxy. Happily surprised with minimal headspace after not topping off in at least 6 months.

 

[Beerontwowheels]

Year old (today, actually) turbid mash pseudo-lambic using bug county:

Barely a layer. Tastes fantastic right now. Will fruit 5 gallons of it this summer when the fruits are at their peak around here. Not sure if using sour cherries, raspberries or apricots.