43 Pint bottles just poured down the drain

[cwiseman77]

My first infected brew....how heartbreaking

 

[graysalchemy]

What is wrong with it?

 

[Chickpeanut]

Newcomer here...

Could you give us some indication of how it happened and what to look out for?


Tom

 

[LeedsBrewer]

Sorry to hear of your loss.

Better get another brew on with your new delivery to make up for it :thumb:

 

[pittsy]

i know the pain , i used infected yeast on a brew about 3 months ago , had to chuck the lot :sick: i feel for you .

 

[Will12283]

Sorry to hear about such a loss, just means you need another brew day.

 

[cwiseman77]

I have another 3 I brewed in the weeks after it so I'll survive. Not entirely sure what's wrong with it but incredibly sharp, vinegary, apple juice kinda taste. I assume some kind of lacto-infection. Reminds me of a lambic i tried but definitely not in a good way. :sick:

 

[Ceejay]

Gutted mate. Sounds like it could be some kind of acetobacter from the description...

 

[mmaguy41]

I know your pain, i had 4 on the bounce quite recently i think it was down to a heavily scratched fv that obviously wasnt clean enough. Sounds like youve got plenty to keep you going though

 

[cwiseman77]

One of the brews I done after is slightly too sweet, tart perhaps but think it is just a bit young and hopefully will get better. The most recent one I done, an APA is delicious though, so at least I know its not my FV and must have been the process. Its weird it smelled & tasted alright at bottling but after 2 months in the bottle its rank. Maybe my little bottler or caps weren't sanitised properly.

 

[alanywiseman.]

:cry: Sad news indeed!

 

[WelshPaul]

What is wrong with it?

It tasted like Budweiser!

 

[Sean_Mc]

Ouch :cry:

 

[zgoda]

You'll brew another one. Maybe even better than this.

My main source of infections seems to be greed, I wanted to save on yeast at all cost. I reuse yeast on day to day basis and sometimes the slurry just smells "not good". I'm never sure the bad smell is from infection or from longer period in fridge. Now I'm dumping such yeast, but I learned this hard way.

 

[WelshPaul]

Yep, I've lost a couple of batches due to trying to cut costs (crap steriliser, in my case). Just repeat the recipe and you'll be fine with a bit of care. :thumb: