My Brewday

[tspilker]

Cheeto, if you ever need an assistant brewer let me know! I'd love to meet up and swap some homebrews (when I get a decent arsenal of brews that is)

 

[Cheeto]

Cheeto, if you ever need an assistant brewer let me know! I'd love to meet up and swap some homebrews (when I get a decent arsenal of brews that is)

I will !

I should be brewing most of Aug and Sept this year

-Jason

 

[SeamusMac]

I can appreciate the ABV and IBU values for the Chinook Invasion, the 7.62x51 is a lovely round isn't it?

 

[peterfuse]

nice work, i might have to downgrade to extract brewing soon too because of apartment living

 

[Cheeto]

so after all is said and done this wonderful beer falls victim to an weird puffy brown mass that grows in the bottles as well

SWMBO bottled one of the batches tthe other night and she said it had something that looked like Krausen.

I said email me a few pictures

This is what i get for pictures
so I tell her that she needs push through the mass with a sterile spoon then insert the racking cane

well a about a week later the bottles are full of this mass and SWMBO is freaked and throws all the bottles out.

Can't really be upset at her she is just protecting herself and the kids



-Jason

 

[Cheeto]

So here I have another full carboy with this stuff growing in it,

I am looking for a few ideas as to what this is.

Here are the remaining pictures

These along with the one from the last post I hope that is enough to help


Thank you

-Jason

 

[pizzaman]

That's some scary looking stuff you got there...my condolences for your loss.

 

[Cheeto]

Initial vote is for

brettanomyces, what strain I do not know

SWMBO has been know to drink Lambics,
the picture is not so fuzzy anymore,

any other ideas

here is the recipe of that beer

Recipe: simcoe IIPA
Brewer: Cheeto
Asst Brewer:
Style: Imperial IPA
TYPE: Extract
Taste:
Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 3.00 gal
Boil Size: 3.43 gal
Estimated OG: 1.089 SG
Estimated Color: 8.5 SRM
Estimated IBU: 88.8 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: - %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes
Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
7 lbs Pisner Liquid Extract (2.0 SRM) Extract 77.78 %
1 lbs Caramel/Crystal Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 11.11 %
8.0 oz Aromatic Malt (26.0 SRM) Grain 5.56 %
8.0 oz Carafoam (2.0 SRM) Grain 5.56 %
1.00 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] (60 min) Hops 52.1 IBU
0.50 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] (30 min) Hops 22.3 IBU
0.50 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] (15 min) Hops 14.4 IBU
0.50 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] (0 min) (Aroma Hop-SteepHops -
1 Pkgs SafAle (DCL Yeast #S-05) Yeast-Ale

Mash Schedule: None
Total Grain Weight: 10.00 lb
----------------------------
Steep grains as desired (30-60 minutes)

 

[sully]

its hard to say there are just to many variables. oxyclean the crap out of those carboys and rinse well and sanitize with star-san. oxyclean is the only good way to clean a carboy or a corny keg. some people round here might want the sour beer though. i do not care for lambics.

 

[Revvy]

Dude. what the hell???????

Did you forget how to sanitize while you were in Iraq? you have a major vector of infection going on....shoot....and you're not gonna be home for awhile right?

I wish I lived closer and could go over there and take a look, and nuke it all for you...

 

[Revvy]

Wort cooling in the snowbank maybe???

 

[Cheeto]

Dude. what the hell???????

Did you forget how to sanitize while you were in Iraq? you have a major vector of infection going on....shoot....and you're not gonna be home for awhile right?

I wish I lived closer and could go over there and take a look, and nuke it all for you...

Revvy, I have not forgotten the teaching of Oxy-Clean and Star-San, they are one of the most important brewing tools I use.

I, after many hours of talking with SWMBO, believe I have found out what happened to this brew.
SWMBO is very busy with our 3 kids while I am out touring the middle east
(Deployed to Iraq) and cannot check on the brew as often as I would.
The last time she really paid any attention to the carboys was 9 Mar 09 when I asked her to take some pictures of the it.
40+ days later those pictures are what is left of my beer, the air locks were dry, and the recycle bin was in the utility room.
I only mention the recycle bin because of the Lindman Framboise bottles that are in it.

They are normally rinsed out and placed in there for recycle day every Tuesday.

These beers were ready to bottle back in March, but I wanted to bulk condition them for 30-45 days to make sure all the yeast had finished cleaning and were napping on the bottom of the carboy.

I have learned that trying to maintain a conditioning brew should not be from half way around the world.

And furthermore I should just stick to brewing vicariously while away from home!!

Thank you for all of your help

-Jason

*EDIT* I am not blaming SWMBO for any of this, this is my fault and was caused many unfortunate events.

 

[Denny's Evil Concoctions]

Yeah that sucks. Looks like a brett or pedio infection (or both).

 

[sause]

I don't know about you but I wouldn't throw it out. There are a quite a few good beers that are bitter and funky. Orval comma Achel comma and Wild Devil come to mind. If anything its going to make the beer more bitter since the bugs will dry the beer out more. But that is if you like it. And glass can be cleaned out so you can use non-sour beers in it again. Just use a good sanitizer for maybe a little longer than want your normal process dictates.

 

[Cheeto]

ok,

The brew has had its sentence commuted.

it will live for what ever time is needed for this ?secondary? fermentation to complete

then it will be bottled, aged and tested and at that time it will stay ot get shipped out to sour lovers.

-Jason