Infection - Now what?

[seilenos]

I brewed Revvy's Belgian Blonde clone a few weeks ago.

Fermentation was so strong that it blew off the top of my bucket fermenter at high krausen about 36 hours after pitch.

The lid was off overnight before I found it. I cleaned up the best I could, sanitized the top, resealed, and hoped for the best.

Whether it was wild yeast or a few of those pesky fruit flies that I noticed buzzing around i the basement, after kegging I have a definite grapefruit-ish "twang" (acid/sourness). I was originally hopeful because there didn't seem to be any visible indication of infection when I racked to the keg.

The fermenter, top, and other parts that were in contact have had a nice long soak in extra strong PBW for a few days, followed by a few day soak in extra strong StarSan.

The keg will have a similar sanitation/sterilization treatment as the other equipment once emptied.

For the beer itself, I assume there is nothing I can do other than dump?

 

[RM-MN]

I brewed Revvy's Belgian Blonde clone a few weeks ago.

Fermentation was so strong that it blew off the top of my bucket fermenter at high krausen about 36 hours after pitch.

The lid was off overnight before I found it. I cleaned up the best I could, sanitized the top, resealed, and hoped for the best.

Whether it was wild yeast or a few of those pesky fruit flies that I noticed buzzing around i the basement, after kegging I have a definite grapefruit-ish "twang" (acid/sourness). I was originally hopeful because there didn't seem to be any visible indication of infection when I racked to the keg.

The fermenter, top, and other parts that were in contact have had a nice long soak in extra strong PBW for a few days, followed by a few day soak in extra strong StarSan.

The keg will have a similar sanitation/sterilization treatment as the other equipment once emptied.

For the beer itself, I assume there is nothing I can do other than dump?

Park that keg somewhere at room temp for about 3 months. It may then be something special. I nearly dumped my first saison for the same reason but later (6 months in my case) it had made such a change that I had to brew that recipe again.