Spoiled Batch

[rootbrewskies]

Uh oh...spoiled batch. Take a look at the photo. It looks weird to me, anyone ever have anything that looked like this?

What are your recommendations moving forward with the equipment I used.

 

[iowabrew]

How long into primary is this? Looks like normal krausen to me.

 

[rootbrewskies]

This happened in the secondary. About 2 weeks in the primary and this picture was taken about 2 weeks after being moved to the secondary.

 

[iowabrew]

oh, sorry for the quick judgemental response. yeah i'd say maybe infection. taste it, either bottle and drink FAST or let it go. but i'm certainly no expert, someone on here with more knowledge than i, will surely chime in.


As far as equipment, most will say dedicate it to wild/sours from now on if it is infected. But I've made various all-brett beers and even a roselare blend and reused everything including bottling bucket. That's been at least a year and haven't (knock on wood) had another non intentional infection yet.

 

[mj3boyd]

I have had similar issues with my last three batches except spoilage occurred AFTER secondary. Got a new auto siphon to rack an Octoberfest last week and still it spoiled. Any suggestions?

 

[Pappers_]

What are your recommendations moving forward with the equipment I used.

Anything plastic needs to be either replaced or bleach-nuked then well-rinsed. Glass can be bleach-nuked very effectively, no need to replace it.