Pellicle Photo Collection

[xpops]

Crazy. I've seen a lot of similar pictures, but nothing where the lines looked so defined. How thick it is overall?

1/8" thick or so

 

[EPbrew]

Brewed Denny's Bourbon Vanilla Porter on February 6th. On March 14th I siphoned 1 gallon into a growler with WY5526 Brett Lambic. View attachment 351888

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[traveligion]

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Mixed saison culture with wy3711/wlp644 and different bottle dregs

 

[millsbrew]

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Mixed saison culture with wy3711/wlp644 and different bottle dregs

How old is this?

 

[ArkotRamathorn]

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Jolly Pumpkin Calabaza Blanca dregs stepped up from 500ml to a half gallon starter and sat for a couple weeks. Can't wait to pitch this in a 5 gallon batch.

 

[xpops]

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Jolly Pumpkin Calabaza Blanca dregs stepped up from 500ml to a half gallon starter and sat for a couple weeks. Can't wait to pitch this in a 5 gallon batch.

So cool! Looks very similar to how mine did! https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?p=7537982

 

[ArkotRamathorn]

So cool! Looks very similar to how mine did! https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?p=7537982

I was super excited like a kid on Christmas morning when it popped up. "Sweet now I have a pellicle I can be proud of". Yours was stepped up bottle dregs as well? I wonder what makes the weird raisin skin looking stuff (as opposed to the other types of pellicles).

 

[hazelbrew]

ok so this doesn't match the ones above... but it is my first! yay. a proper start of pellicle
this is on a single demijohn of an extract saison I did using the belle saison yeast in primary. this had the yeast bay lochristi pitched to it, and some bottle dregs.

 

[buggslife]

Here's a rather funky one for you all!!

Anyone seen something similar before?
I've currently got this yellowish, crystalline surface on a batch.
It is not intentional, but the beer was a trial including funky jam (jelly to Americans).

Do you think ithe infection is bacteria based or maybe some sort of mould?

The beer tastes good and smells ok, so I'm going to use it to try a few things , but keen to hear of anyone's experience!!

 

[jessup]

Anyone seen something similar before?
I've currently got this yellowish, crystalline surface on a batch.

Crystalline structure is strange. IMO def not "wild" or brett related. Is this a no chill? Whats your water chemistry? Any brewing or belgian sugars added that could attribute to crystals?!

 

[skeezerpleezer]

Any brewing or belgian sugars added that could attribute to crystals?!

Jam? Perhaps it floated up?

What kind of jam, and when was it added?

 

[BUCKNUTS]

America is such an amazing place we get jelly AND jam.

 

[GrogNerd]

Preserves too

Don't forget preserves

& we invented everything... internal combustion engine, soft serve ice cream, rock & roll, crack cocaine

Everything

 

[buggslife]

No Belgian sugars used.

The jam was added to end of boil.

Anyone else seen this sort of thing?
What about the top film pelicle? Looks pretty normal eh?

 

[s0615353]

It could be the pectins in the Jam crystallizing

 

[EPbrew]

It could be the pectins in the Jam crystallizing

I second that.

 

[buggslife]

I wondered about the pectin too.
I added pectic enzyme to try and counter, but was guessing with quantities so probably not enough.

What do you reckon to the central surface pellicle? Normal enough for typical infection?

 

[xpops]

I was super excited like a kid on Christmas morning when it popped up. "Sweet now I have a pellicle I can be proud of". Yours was stepped up bottle dregs as well? I wonder what makes the weird raisin skin looking stuff (as opposed to the other types of pellicles).

Yes - it was stepped up dregs. This was my first sour, but spent s lot of time perusing this thread. Was surprised when I saw something so similar! Not sure what's causing it....but it's awesome! 😃

 

[xpops]

I was super excited like a kid on Christmas morning when it popped up. "Sweet now I have a pellicle I can be proud of". Yours was stepped up bottle dregs as well? I wonder what makes the weird raisin skin looking stuff (as opposed to the other types of pellicles).

Yes - it was stepped up dregs. This was my first sour, but spent s lot of time perusing this thread. Was surprised when I saw something so similar! Not sure what's causing it....but it's awesome! 😃

 

[BUCKNUTS]

Preserves too

Don't forget preserves

& we invented everything... internal combustion engine, soft serve ice cream, rock & roll, crack cocaine

Everything

:rockin: you could get in your car and drive to get soft serve while smoking crack and listening to rock n roll. God bless America.

 

[burninator]

My sauerkraut brine gose. I'm taking weekly samples of this until gravity stabilizes. Next time I'll try to shine some light from underneath so it's not so dark.

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[burninator]

Golden strong that's been aging on peaches for a few months. Belle Saison, CS and Orval dregs, and a house wild culture.

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[Ztp]

Pellicle on a persimmon sour and the beginnings of a pellicle on a peach & nectarine Berliner Weisse.

 

[Ztp]

Persimmon sour

 

[dcHokie]

Framboise-llicle

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[burninator]

Gosebier, inoculated with sauerkraut brine, then fermented with wild yeast, Nottingham, and Orval's brett. Took this just before racking to secondary.

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[burninator]

And the dry hopped portion of my gose, bottled last night

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[burninator]

100% pilsner saison, primary with wild yeast, secondary for 3 months with Orval's brett because I put that s#!t in everything.

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[xpops]

My second sour starter. Harvested bottle dregs, but through in some raw grains for feeding. Should create some lacto from that? Not sure if this was good or bad idea....either way - looks cool!

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[sweetcell]

through in some raw grains for feeding. Should create some lacto from that? Not sure if this was good or bad idea....

you've likely to get lacto, along with several other bugs that may not be desirable....