Pellicle Photo Collection

[burninator]

Part of the beer from my last post was split off into a 1 gallon carboy with some stepped up Orval. Here's the baby pellicle on the dregs, before pitching.

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[BGBC]

Part of the beer from my last post was split off into a 1 gallon carboy with some stepped up Orval. Here's the baby pellicle on the dregs, before pitching.

Just curious, how many fermenters do you have?

 

[burninator]

Just curious, how many fermenters do you have?

Let's see...
2x1gallon jugs
3x2gallon buckets
2x4 gallon buckets
4x6 gallon carboys (2 PET, 2 glass)
2x6.5 gallon buckets

I think that's it. I'm really liking the flexibility to be able to bottle a partial batch and do something weird with the rest.

 

[m00ps]

Just curious, how many fermenters do you have?

The correct answer is not enough

 

[burninator]

The correct answer is not enough

I blew it, didn't I?

 

[mitchard]

I think I have ten 5 to 6.5 gallon carboys at the moment, eight of which are either glass or dedicated mixed/Brett PET bottles. I still feel like I don't have enough. I'd be brewing a sour every other weekend if I had enough fermenter space. Or until I ran out of space to put carboys, I guess haha.

I think 18 carboys and at least two 55 gallon barrels would be adequate enough to keep me happy. Someday... someday...

 

[sweetcell]

i'm somewhere between 15 to 20 (just picked up 3 last week, used)... and i think i'm getting close to what i need

thank goodness i live out in the 'burbs and have a basement.

 

[djbradle]

Part of the beer from my last post was split off into a 1 gallon carboy with some stepped up Orval. Here's the baby pellicle on the dregs, before pitching.

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[sweetcell]

I see some Elemental there with a crossbow and a whip!View attachment 341242

ha! i thought the same thing, i saw a she-demon/succubus.

 

[djbradle]

[emoji38]

 

[masonsjax]

I snapped a quick pic and took my first sample from my solera keg aging on ECY Bug County. About a year old now and getting pretty good.

 

[Brizzo]

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[NVRsummer369]

Is it odd that i check this thread every other night even though i have never brewed a sour/funky beer? Hell i have only liked a couple of funky beers i have tried, yet somehow i am so drawn to the Lambic / wild forum.

 

[sompls]

Crooked Stave dregs saison
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First run at a sour beer
@BGBC, thanks Matt for answering my questions!

 

[AstoriaBrewSquad]

Pellicle on a sour porter. Pitched on 1/30/16 and racked to secondary after a month. Roselare blend View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1457450147.202898.jpg

 

[sweetcell]

Is it odd that i check this thread every other night even though i have never brewed a sour/funky beer? Hell i have only liked a couple of funky beers i have tried, yet somehow i am so drawn to the Lambic / wild forum.

nope, not add at all... the infection is spreading. to you

 

[EPbrew]

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Brett Lambic starter that's being added to Denny's Bourbon Vanilla Porter.

 

[Chadzilla]

I see some Elemental there with a crossbow and a whip!View attachment 341242

this picture has me dying of laughter, pretty cool pellicle

 

[mors]

Oud bruin

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[burninator]

I see some Elemental there with a crossbow and a whip!View attachment 341242

I can't decide if this is a good or a bad omen for my beer.

 

[jgourd]

The latest pellicle on the lambic in a 59-gal French oak barrel. This is the third year (we're about 4 months into the third year). I would guess maybe 1 gal is 2.33 year-old lambic, 2 gal is 1.33 year-old lambic, and 52 gal is 0.33 year-old lambic. The aroma is wondrous.

 

[milesdunn616]

The first picture is of a sour brewed exclusively with stepped up dregs harvested from Don Quijote.

The second picture is of a sour brewed exclusively with stepped up dregs harvested from Isabelle Proximus.

Looking great and smelling and tasting wonderful. I also have batches that are fermenting using Zenne Y Frontera, Cantillon Classic Gueuze, St. Lamvinus, and Fou' Foune. These are the two biggest and most interesting pellicles right now though.

 

[s0615353]

These are pictures from my "Geuze Project." We brew a new batch of lambic every year, so that eventually we will have 1,2, and 3 year old lambic to blend into Geuze. I am half way there, since we hit the 1.5 year mark! We pulled a few gallons for a framboise, and it was delicious!

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[BGBC]

The first picture is of a sour brewed exclusively with stepped up dregs harvested from Don Quijote.

The second picture is of a sour brewed exclusively with stepped up dregs harvested from Isabelle Proximus.

Looking great and smelling and tasting wonderful. I also have batches that are fermenting using Zenne Y Frontera, Cantillon Classic Gueuze, St. Lamvinus, and Fou' Foune. These are the two biggest and most interesting pellicles right now though.

Nice first post. Welcome to the forum.

These are pictures from my "Geuze Project." We brew a new batch of lambic every year, so that eventually we will have 1,2, and 3 year old lambic to blend into Geuze. I am half way there, since we hit the 1.5 year mark! We pulled a few gallons for a framboise, and it was delicious!

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Planning to rack that half empty carboy? Or at least flush with CO2? Lots of head space there.

 

[s0615353]

Yes, that was before we transferred.

 

[shelly_belly]

1 year old SCOBY from a 3 quart batch

 

[WildDisplacement]

1 year old SCOBY from a 3 quart batch

That's massive, was the batch 1 year old also?

 

[shelly_belly]

That's massive, was the batch 1 year old also?

Yes, I got a pint of delicious super-kombucha out of it.

 

[mesooohoppy]

Is this a pellicle? Doesn't look like it..? My first 100% brett beer (wlp645) finishing up. It's at 1.012 (OG is 1.058) as of 20 minutes ago.

The other weird thing is I am not tasting any of what I read to expect. I know it's early and brett moves slow, but it's got a crazy belgian flavor going on.

 

[burninator]

Final shots of my rye lambic-esque after 11 weeks on blackberries, right before going into bottles.

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