1st Ever infection,, saveable ?

[Dazzelknight]

Hi all
After 3 years I guess it was gonna happen.. It’s a raspberry ale that I pulped 4 bags of frozen raspberries in a saucepan which I brought to the boil. Is it for the drain or can I salvage it ?? It smells really good

 

[JockyBrewer]

Looks like a Brett pellicle. As long as there’s not mould growing on it (colourful growth) then it’s usually safe to drink.

The question is how it will taste!

 

[Dazzelknight]

Looks like a Brett pellicle. As long as there’s not mould growing on it (colourful growth) then it’s usually safe to drink.

The question is how it will taste!

It’s pure white and silk thin. I’m gonna be bottle priming so u think it be ok..

 

[The Baron]

You can try to bottle/keg by syphoning below the pellicle. i would start the syphon then shut it off if you have a tap or pinch it and taste it also.
If bottling and priming also try to put them in a crate with a old towel over the top in case they over carb also bottle a couple of plastic ones to see if they are overcarbing

 

[Dazzelknight]

Thanks for the advice, il give it a taste test 1st and if ok il go for it

 

[MashBag]

Syphon below it, or tilt and tip it off.

 

[MashBag]

Then add some potassium metabisulphite (assuming this is wine)

 

[MashBag]

At 10g in 50l

 

[Dazzelknight]

It’s for the drain . Just done a gravity reading and it’s bottomed out,, Tastes dry and sour.

 

[The Baron]

Oh dear
just make sure you biltz everything before your next brew

 

[Sandimas]

We've all been there but that pelllicle is pretty impressive.

I get them 1-2 times a year, usually around this time of year. A good soak in diluted bleach should fix things for the future.

 

[MashBag]

I would steam stuff

 

[Dazzelknight]

Plastic fermenter, Iv binned it !

 

[dad_of_jon]

It’s for the drain . Just done a gravity reading and it’s bottomed out,, Tastes dry and sour.

Im making something like that.... I'm due to replace my plastic so its binned after my sour brew.

 

[MashBag]

Blimey and I thought steaming them was extreme

 

[Lynx Brewery]

I had this one in 2021. I blamed it on an infection from some dry hopping with cone hops.

I bottled it and it was a bit sour but I enjoyed it. (I quite like sour beers). Some of my pals were less impressed though!

 

[Lynx Brewery]

Isn’t nature beautiful?