Is my beer infected

[bkingfstrd]

I brewed a batch of IPA using some hops I am not familiar with...mainly chinook. The beer came out extremely sour and kind of tastes a bit off. I am not sure if it is infected or if it is just the hops.

Also, if I drink this poor tasting beer and it is infected will I get sick from it?

 

[Arneba28]

read some of the stickys. you wont get sick

 

[rjwhite41]

I doubt it's the hops. Sour taste is almost always an infection. No it won't make you sick.

 

[RM-MN]

How long has it been since you brewed? Young beer has strange flavors sometimes that mellow out or disappear over time.

 

[Hockeyhunter99]

need more info. times in fermenter, amount of hops, is it conditioning?

Help us help you!

 

[bkingfstrd]

Currently it is conditioning in bottle and as I am really impatient...I only have waited 2 weeks. This is my 6th batch so I still consider myself a beginer but it is the first time that I have had such off flavors. I have noticed before that my beer usually doesn't taste very good after two weeks but this flavor seems uniquely off.

I unfortunately was expecting an infection as my lid blew off my primary fermenter but I was not sure what to expect from an infection.

As long as it won't get me sick I will just chug it down and get drunk off of terrible beer. I could be worse I guess...I could be drinking natural lite.

 

[bkingfstrd]

Oh...I forgot to say thank you.

 

[Demfer]

whats the gravity? If its below 1.009 it may be infected.

 

[bkingfstrd]

Actually the final gravity was spot on. 1.012 I think. In any case, I calculated the alcohol content at 6.5 when moving it from the primary to the secondary. I didn't take a measurement when I went to bottle it but with how strong the fermentation was, I wouldn't be surprised if it was higher.

I know I should have read the stickies and made a noobie mistake. Thank you for smacking me and telling me to read them. I actually wish I would have read them before starting this thread. I also wish my beer had a bubble gum flavor instead of "satan's anus" as someone else put it.

Thank you again for your help.