Pellicle Photo Collection

[srob18]

How long has it been going?

Almost 3 weeks

 

[Wes440]

ECY20 Lambic developed powdery spots all over the pellicle just a few days after posting the initial pics.
Sorry for same 'ol pellicle as last time, but it looks like it was sprinkled with powdered sugar.... I haven't opened the carboy.

 

[BigPerm]

Berliner Weisse with L. brevis and brett. View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1424834316.632573.jpgView attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1424834331.988024.jpgView attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1424834356.317421.jpg

 

[user 204491]

This developed on a starter I made using dregs from batches 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 of Sante Adairius Rustic Ales' Saison Bernice. I started by splitting 500 ml of 1.02 OG wort among the bottles. I let those go for a week, and then I made 1 L of 1.04 OG wort and added the contents from all of the bottles to that. This is what it looks like 2 days later:

 

[MarshmallowBlue]

The Pellicle I broke to add blueberries

Blended lambic mead on blueberries. And yes, the pellicle is climbing the walls.

Sour, funky cider bugged with ECY20 - 5 weeks and amazing!

 

[user 204491]

Can anyone help me identify what this thing might be:

I put about 100 ml of 1.02 OG wort into a bottle of Sante Adairius Rustic Ales' Barrel Aged Fumare that seemed to have more than the usual amount of dregs. After about a week nothing was happening, so I gave the bottle a good shake and put it back on the windowsill. That was about a week ago, and I discovered that monster growing this morning.

 

[srob18]

Can anyone help me identify what this thing might be:

I put about 100 ml of 1.02 OG wort into a bottle of Sante Adairius Rustic Ales' Barrel Aged Fumare that seemed to have more than the usual amount of dregs. After about a week nothing was happening, so I gave the bottle a good shake and put it back on the windowsill. That was about a week ago, and I discovered that monster growing this morning.

It kind of looks like one of those Yellow Smiley face like: except with its smile completely gone. It's definitely a monster......

 

[BigPerm]

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[MaddBaggins]

T-58 for a week then a vial of WLP644 with 2# of cantaloupe. This was back in December.
Then a couple weeks ago I added the dregs from a Jolly Pumpkin Persimmon Ship.

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[atoyot]

 

[masonsjax]

She's a beaut Clark!

 

[rolewiii]

Looking a bit more robust after bringing the temperature up to 70.

 

[rolewiii]

Forgot the photo...

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[rneumaier]

Can anyone help me identify what this thing might be:

Looks like a case of cat face!

 

[user 204491]

Looks like a case of cat face!

That thing is still there, and it's getting bigger all the time. It now extends down into the wort a good bit. I've taken to calling it Jack as it reminds me of the guy from Nightmare Before Christmas.

 

[BGBC]

That thing is still there, and it's getting bigger all the time. It now extends down into the wort a good bit. I've taken to calling it Jack as it reminds me of the guy from Nightmare Before Christmas.

Sounds like it might be a mother of vinegar, or something similar

 

[PJoyce85]

Inside the Lambic barrel....

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[badlee]

Why,what a pretty little bung hole you have!

 

[PJoyce85]

Thanks. I take pride in my bung holes.

 

[satownsend]

Here's my sour with Roeselare that I brewed in October.

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[Agate]

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Not the prettiest pellicle, but here's one from TYB's Lochristi blend, 3 weeks old.

 

[Quaker]

Brewed my saison base (85% pils, 5% each Golden Naked Oats, Rye Malt, and Dark Wheat). Chilled to only 120F and pitched a quart starter of WLP677 and Cascade dregs. After 18 hours here's the status. Massive protein coagulation stratifying the wort. At least I'm hoping it's just the cold break and not a mother of vinegar.

Wednesday morning I plan on pitching saison yeast into it. If it doesn't have any sourness to it or I don't get to it at that time, I won't have a chance until Sunday due to a business trip.

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[shelly_belly]

Definitely not a "mother". One that size would take months to grow.

 

[burninator]

Definitely not a "mother". One that size would take months to grow.

It would also need alcohol to thrive, I believe.

 

[Quaker]

The blob has settled and compacted on the bottom now. The thin lacto pellicle has been over taken by a more sacch looking krausen. I dre a hydro sample and it's only dropped a couple points and tastes of mango/papaya. I'll let it ride until Sunday.

 

[user 204491]

Here are some pics from the bug farm I've got going. Looks like a good crop this year!

That's 13 different types of bottle dregs that I "stepped up" directly in their bottles and verified that something was growing, prior to transferring them all to a larger container with some slightly higher gravity wort

 

[day_trippr]

I just threw up in my mouth a little...

Cheers!

 

[BGBC]

Frankencyser. Unpasteurized cider, honey, plus 2nd use blueberries and raspberries from a melomel. 71b plus whatever bugs were in the cider.

Interesting that the cider on its own has not shown any signs of a pellicle. Much slower ferment, obviously.
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[Quaker]

Interesting that the cider on its own has not shown any signs of a pellicle. Much slower ferment, obviously.

The acidity level of the cider may have suppressed it in that.

 

[ArkotRamathorn]

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It's not much but blueberry saison with lacto 1 year on.