Pellicle Photo Collection

[mitchard]

Any idea what I have going on here? Brett maybe? The pellicle didn't show up until after the fruit addition, so I'm assuming it came with the raspberries. I did freeze them before adding, but didn't take any other steps to sanitize them.

Its a Gose, so either way I guess a little more funk won't hurt. But I was hoping to bottle last week, and now I'll have to put that on hold for a few months.

 

[BigPerm]

Peach Berliner. Bottling today. View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1442767351.037646.jpg

 

[BigPerm]

Any idea what I have going on here? Brett maybe? The pellicle didn't show up until after the fruit addition, so I'm assuming it came with the raspberries. I did freeze them before adding, but didn't take any other steps to sanitize them.

Its a Gose, so either way I guess a little more funk won't hurt. But I was hoping to bottle last week, and now I'll have to put that on hold for a few months.

There lacto in there too or was it a kettle sour?

 

[mitchard]

There lacto in there too or was it a kettle sour?

No post boil bugs. Just some acidulated malt in a slightly extended mash.

 

[martyjhuebs]

Does this look infected lol

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[Brizzo]

View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1442851725.234008.jpgin a Berliner Weiss 3 days after tossing in some dregs from a hb sour saison. Hoping to dry the beer up a little bit more from 1.010 down closer to 1.002.

 

[Brizzo]

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Same Berliner two days after adding blueberries

 

[WildDisplacement]

I racked the remaining 3/4 gal of a 6 gallon batch of spontaneously fermented beer onto 2lbs of organic plums.

 

[italarican]

Brewed a gose last week and racked directly onto the yeast cake for a sour porter. The porter was the 3rd usage of this roeselare cake. More lacto and less sherry was coming through when compared to the 1st and 2nd usages of the roeselare, so I wanted to see how this would work with a gose.

 

[BUCKNUTS]

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Saison with Wyeast Brett B and Omega's lacto blend. First time using brett as primary fermenter and the Gravity is dropping slowly. It tastes good but not as tart as I would like.
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[jessup]

Brett L culture after 1 week, just fed it

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[Siberian]

Bagged up the fermentation? Novel idea to reduce oxygen through the sides and top? Or to save the fermenter from exclusive wild fermentations?

Mostly to save the fermenter for clean beers later and to ease clean-up in general. I've been using bags even on my clean beers since it makes cleaning out my fermenters extremely easy.

 

[TastyAdventure]

Mostly to save the fermenter for clean beers later and to ease clean-up in general. I've been using bags even on my clean beers since it makes cleaning out my fermenters extremely easy.

Ummm... Pics of this method please??

 

[burninator]

Gose fermented in primary with sauerkraut brine for two weeks and another 8 weeks in secondary with US-05

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[Nico93]

Sorry for the quality, during the weekend I'll try to take better shots!
Red Flanders!

 

[mesooohoppy]

Can I play? Probably my favorite thread on HBT. I just love grossing people out by showing them pellicles.

A little under 3 months and it's already pretty sour. Also had somewhat of a spicy kick to it..?? Gonna let it sit for another couple of months.

 

[martyjhuebs]

My fermenter growth

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[TheZymurgist]

My fermenter growth

Those are incredible pictures. What type of camera did you use?

 

[martyjhuebs]

Those are incredible pictures. What type of camera did you use?

I used the camera on my Samsung Note 3. It happens to work perfectly because the lens and flash fit into the carboy neck. I am not even sure that I want to sample this beer. I just grew it for fun because I love how pellicles look. I mixed about a gallon of golden milk stout wort with my trub from my sour mashed peach berliner weisse and it grew quickly!

 

[1977Brewer]

I used the camera on my Samsung Note 3. It happens to work perfectly because the lens and flash fit into the carboy neck. I am not even sure that I want to sample this beer. I just grew it for fun because I love how pellicles look. I mixed about a gallon of golden milk stout wort with my trub from my sour mashed peach berliner weisse and it grew quickly!

Brew a lightly hopped 4 gallon smash, blend back into that, rack over cherries in a year. You can't kill it now, you should feed it.

 

[BGBC]

I used the camera on my Samsung Note 3. It happens to work perfectly because the lens and flash fit into the carboy neck. I am not even sure that I want to sample this beer. I just grew it for fun because I love how pellicles look. I mixed about a gallon of golden milk stout wort with my trub from my sour mashed peach berliner weisse and it grew quickly!

The hell is a golden milk stout?

 

[skeezerpleezer]

The hell is a golden milk stout?

This is the first commercial "golden stout" I heard about. Had a few since then:
http://www.stochasticity.com/beers/master-of-disguise

 

[sweetcell]

My fermenter growth

those images are gorgeous. any chance you'd be willing to share hi-res versions?

 

[martyjhuebs]

those images are gorgeous. any chance you'd be willing to share hi-res versions?

I can definitely share... They are at a resolution of 3264x2448, 2.1MB

 

[burninator]

Rye sour thing. Brewed in March with Wyeast lambic and various dregs and house stuff. This is a couple of weeks after moving the carboy and breaking up the previous pellicle.

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[beergolf]

Here is what I just saw this morning..... Beautiful.

Belgian Lambic blend and some dregs from a few sours..

 

[specharka]

This is after a week in primary sitting on a starter of Wyeast 3031 (Saison-Brett blend). How long would I expect to sit on this before a proper pellicle forms and I can rack to secondary?

 

[MarshmallowBlue]

Here's my NO BOIL! sour brown ale, I started it back in February! ECY 20

 

[sweetcell]

This is after a week in primary sitting on a starter of Wyeast 3031 (Saison-Brett blend). How long would I expect to sit on this before a proper pellicle forms and I can rack to secondary?

rack to secondary as soon as primary is done. don't wait for a pellicle. the CO2 in the beer will help protect it as you transfer.

you don't need a pellicle to make a good sour/funky beer.

 

[j1n]

This is after a week in primary sitting on a starter of Wyeast 3031 (Saison-Brett blend). How long would I expect to sit on this before a proper pellicle forms and I can rack to secondary?

That looks like a giant yeast raft. pellicle's typically form due to o2 in the head space. should still try to minimize the amount of o2 in the head space.