more wet dogs

[cjyh84]

this is a follow up to this thread https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/ag-how-lauter-without-using-grain-bed-367889/ i started a few days back.

basically, i messed the lauter up and had did not sparge, resulting with a cloudy wort which i decided to leave settle overnight.

went to bed, woke up, and the work was clear and all the residual grain stuff was at the bottom. when i transferred the clear wort to the kettle, it smelled kinda funky. my hops, which i had stored for quite a while, also smelled kinda funky. and when i started the boil, the whole house started to smell like wet dog.

wild yeast? oxidizing? dunno...

what may have caused this smell?

 

[HoppyDaze]

the wort probably grew some bacteria over night.

 

[Yooper]

the wort probably grew some bacteria over night.

Yep. That's an issue with grain. It's literally crawling with lactobacillus. An easy way to do a sour mash is to let it sit out overnight without refrigeration.

 

[cjyh84]

hhmm..
does this mean my batch is lost?

 

[user 83772]

Technically, no. You can still drink it without it hurting you, but it probably won't taste all that great.