Opened my conical to find this. . .

[Phyre]

It is a second go around to ipa i have. Work got crazy and after I dry hopped it, I basically forgot about it until 4 weeks later. I had been taking samples from the conical and it always tastes decent.

I went to open it up and found this inside. (I was preparing to xfer into kegs)
So, I closed it back up and well, three weeks have passed. (lol?)

I took another sample today and tastes 'creamy' but I believe the yeast might be in suspension as it has been in the bedroom the whole time and haven't cold crashed it.

anyways. I suspect this is still 'safe' to drink; but what is it and how long should I let it ferment. (p.s. it continuously bubbles off the blow off tube' )

its an 11 gallon batch in a blichmann 14.5 gallon conical. I am thinking of xfering into glass carboys and letting it sit longer. I need the conical for a 12gallon kolsch I plan on brewing Wednesday.

it wasn't my intention to have it sour, but hey. . .. go with the flow!

 

[passedpawn]

I like your attitude. I know I'd be dumping though. I've made sours, that I liked, but they were tightly controlled with known bugs. I'm not a fan of knuckleball beermaking.

I might be connecting unrelated dots here, but I have seen a lot of these type of infections with a hop bag floating in the middle. Do you think it's exposure there is the root of the problem? Have you considered using pellets? Or, at least weighing down that back with glass marbles?

 

[Phyre]

I placed several stainless parts in the bag, I didnt wait to see it sink . I doubt I would have pulled it out since in would have had to remove the entire lid.

So, toss it?

 

[passedpawn]

So, toss it?

That's what I'd do. If you try it and (don't lie to yourself) it tastes good, and your kegging, give it a shot. Don't bottle something that is clearly active like that.

I have waited on bad beers to get better, tried to drink them, attempted to change them to make them better. Waste of time, enthusiasm killer.

I had acetylhadyde in consecutive batches (bad spelling, sorry). Green apple. Gag me. Bottled and tried to drink. Never again. Porter that developed a pellicle and a disturbing off flavor. I rolled with it and added brett. Forced that **** down for a couple of weeks, lying to myself. Ended up on the lawn. Irish Red that gushered like a mother, but I'd let it gush then try to like what was left. An barleywine that could have propelled the space shuttle it was so fuselly - saved those for years, and had one every few months - gag me. More stories just like those.

All the while, at night, whenever the thought came up, it ate away at me that my beer was screwed up. But when I would finally turn all the bottles over in the sink, or emptied out back, I was suddenly relieved of the stress of my failure. I don't hesitate now - I just brew again quickly and wash away the misery. There ARE some few things (sulfur) that will go away with time. Search HBT and you'll get answers right away.

Life is short. Seems cliche, but it's not. Dump and rebrew.

 

[The_Bishop]

I'd do a complete disassembly of every part of that conical for cleaning. Those bugs will hide in any crevice they can find! The Blichmann has a couple of weldless type valves/fittings, right?

 

[Lefou]

Holy pellicle, Batman.

 

[triethylborane]

Id transfer to glass carboys, see if it has any potential as a sour, then maybe dump some raspberry puree in.

 

[z-bob]

I was expecting to see a picture of a raccoon looking back up at you.

 

[Phyre]

Lol, a racoon, that would have been something else! Hahaha


I'll have a buddy taste it too and ask his opinion. My wife said it didn't taste bad , so idk. And yes, she has said she hasn't liked other beers.

It has weldless fittings and 3 piece ball valves. It will get disassembled, cleaned and sanitized .

I am thinking of putting it into glass carboys and cold crash and legging one and letting the other age. I have plenty of "extra " equipment to use, so why not?

Passedpawn, I love the feedback and i hear ya, I've dumped two other beers before; life is too short to drink crappy beer!

 

[schematix]

More stories just like those.

Did you ever drink your maggot beer?

 

[passedpawn]

Did you ever drink your maggot beer?

I tried. Lawn. Had a slight chicken flavor. Hard to get past, especially if you, uh, knew.

[ j/k about the chicken flavor, just in case this comes up in some unfortunate's search. But the maggots did indeed ruin it. ]