Pellicle Photo Collection

[ted464]

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Amber sour... mix of Brett B Trois and White Labs Belgian Sour

 

[burninator]

Exposure to oxygen caused the pellicle after you collected it. Looks nice BTW

I bottled the beer this came out of last week. Definitely going to have to save and re-pitch this culture.

 

[NZLunchie]

Pellicle formation a yeast starter with something I captured off some silage on the farm. Yes. I plan to ferment beer with it.

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[specharka]

At six weeks, my saison Brett is finally rearing its funky head. Hard to tell from the glare, but there is definitely a funky film at work here.

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[BigPerm]

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Imperial milk stout inoculated with acetobacter. Having some fun.

 

[burninator]

Imperial farmhouse with my house saison mix. 2 months in primary. Just a solid smooth sheet, possibly attributable to cool temperatures in my garage?

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[sweetcell]

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Imperial milk stout inoculated with acetobacter. Having some fun.

you added aceto on purpose? are you making vinegar?

 

[BigPerm]

you added aceto on purpose? are you making vinegar?

Sure am. I have a good friend who's starting a brewery, so I took a gallon of a test batch to make vinegar with. Might be a nice addition to their kitchen. Just having some fun, really.

 

[jjp36]

100% sorghum malt sour. Soured with a lacto starter from probiotic pills, then fermented with a blend of belle saison, brett trois/brux. Just bottled it yesterday and primed with apricot nectar.

 

[djbradle]

Now there's a sour story right there

 

[wyobrewer1]

WLP670 and a bunch of Crooked Stave dregs.
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[BigPerm]

1.5 gallons of saison fermented entirely from the yeast sediment in Hill Farmstead Dorothy. A touch of acetic from being in The bucket too long, but otherwise very solid. It's sister batches in the experiment (Prairie Standard, Funkwerks Saison) were bottled yesterday.

Now I just need to get ahold of more HF to do some comparison batches....

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[BUCKNUTS]

WLP670 and a bunch of Crooked Stave dregs.
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That can't be anything but good.

 

[wyobrewer1]

That can't be anything but good.

Dude you better believe it's fantastic. Great combo. I'll save a couple bottles for when we trade down the road.

 

[BUCKNUTS]

Dude you better believe it's fantastic. Great combo. I'll save a couple bottles for when we trade down the road.

That would be awesome

 

[WildDisplacement]

Winter Rye Saison
Belle Saison & RVA261/262/263 with dregs from Hill Farmstead Dorothy, Boulevard Saison Brett, O'Dell Fifty Niner, and Allagash Confluence
Brewed 10/21 OG 1.070 F.G. 1.001 IBUs 35

 

[rswear]

This is my first attempt at a Lambic. Its about 4 months into fermentation. I am using Wyeast 3278 - I've never had an infection is this right?

 

[sweetcell]

This is my first attempt at a Lambic. Its about 4 months into fermentation. I am using Wyeast 3278 - I've never had an infection is this right?

in my perverted/weird mind, this looks like a cross between a carboy and a woman with a really, really low cut shirt... sweet cleavage!!!

as to whether that "looks right", hard to tell from the pic. looks like that's still krausen from primary. how old is this batch?

post more pictures. lots of them, from different angles... maybe in a different shirt, or a bikini top...

i'll go back to my dark corner now.

 

[rswear]

in my perverted/weird mind, this looks like a cross between a carboy and a woman with a really, really low cut shirt... sweet cleavage!!!

as to whether that "looks right", hard to tell from the pic. looks like that's still krausen from primary. how old is this batch?

post more pictures. lots of them, from different angles... maybe in a different shirt, or a bikini top...

i'll go back to my dark corner now.

Here ya go.... it's 4 months born on date 7/17.. I've not checked it in some time so not sure when it got like this

 

[sweetcell]

lol, love the white scarf. THIS is what you call pellicle porn

that last pic is probably the best one for seeing the pellicle... if that is indeed what is. the fuzzy white stuff and the slimy appearance is not typical of pellicle i've seen.

anyone else have a concern about this bad girl?

 

[DrunkleJon]

I was thinking it looked kinda hairy. More mold-like than pellicle. Though I am no expert.

 

[smAllGrain]

Is this a pellicle forming? Went to bottle today and thought... Betta not

 

[sweetcell]

I was thinking it looked kinda hairy. More mold-like than pellicle. Though I am no expert.

nor am i, hence my call for others' advice, but mold was my concern too.

Is this a pellicle forming? Went to bottle today and thought... Betta not

if it is a pellicle, it's too early to tell. that could well be nothin' but yeast. sounds like you decided to wait a while longer to confirm? if so, by opening it up like that you filled the headspace with oxygen - if there are pellicle-forming bugs in there they are likely to kick into high gear very soon. so in a week or two you should have a very definite answer!

 

[smAllGrain]

if it is a pellicle, it's too early to tell. that could well be nothin' but yeast. sounds like you decided to wait a while longer to confirm? if so, by opening it up like that you filled the headspace with oxygen - if there are pellicle-forming bugs in there they are likely to kick into high gear very soon. so in a week or two you should have a very definite answer!

Thanks for the quick response, I will follow up in a couple of weeks

 

[BGBC]

Racked this guy today, primaried with WLP530, then racked onto an extra 1/2 gal of golden sour base.

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[coyote68]

Racked this guy today, primaried with WLP530, then racked onto an extra 1/2 gal of golden sour base.

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looks yummy!!

 

[rswear]

lol, love the white scarf. THIS is what you call pellicle porn

that last pic is probably the best one for seeing the pellicle... if that is indeed what is. the fuzzy white stuff and the slimy appearance is not typical of pellicle i've seen.

anyone else have a concern about this bad girl?

yeah.... I am not sure what to think. In person its looks more powdery than fuzzy... but its a little too much like the stuff in the fridge of my first apartment. I guess I will give it another month or two and see what happens...

 

[mthorn2]

Mad Scientist

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[BigPerm]

BA sour stout, now hanging out in glass. Too much oak.

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[MattHollingsworth]

Pellicle at 12 months in primary for my beer Garth Vader. White Labs WLP677 Lactobacillus Delbrueckii, WLP566 Saison 2, White Labs Brett Claussenii, Yeast Bay Brussels Brettanomyces Blend. Bottled at 16 months in, about 6 weeks ago and it's lovely. Crazy Brett. Not sour but almost seems it from the crazy aged Brett.