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Infected brew?

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  • 03-11-2015 1:36pm
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    Caribs
    Registered Users Posts: 235 ✭✭


    Any views on whether this brew is in trouble (photo attached)?

    It's a bitter (Vicars Remorse) from the Mangrove Jacks range and bottled just over a week ago and placed in the kitchen to condition before moving it into a cooler spot.

    Brew took almost 4 weeks to finish as opposed to the circa 10 days on the guide as the specific gravity wouldn't drop to the 1.009 or below recommended but it kept bubbling until a day or two before bottling so wasn't too concerned and last time I made this it was the same and turned out really well. I maintained the temp in the 22-24C range during fermentation.

    Has cleared well but in the last day have noticed a yeast like formation at the top of the bottle. I used carbonation drops for the first time instead of priming sugar but wouldn't have thought this would have caused any issue?

    Is it destined for the drains?


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    BeerNut
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    The only way to know if a beer is undrinkable or not is to put it in your mouth.

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    Carawaystick
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    BeerNut wrote: »
    The only way to know if a beer is undrinkable or not is to put it in your mouth.

    Well sometimes if its really bad, you can smell it...


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    neoanto
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    It looks infected. Doesnt mean its bad though.
    I've had an ale that was infected and tasted great!


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    BeerNut
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    Carawaystick wrote: »
    Well sometimes if its really bad, you can smell it...
    I've encountered homebrews that have smelled awful but tasted fine.

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    Caribs
    Registered Users Posts: 235 ✭✭Caribs


    As long as I'm not going to end up driving the porcelain truck from drinking it I think it's a risk I'm prepared to take.

    If it tastes okay I'll persevere.

    Thanks for the advice


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    Donadea Leo
    Registered Users Posts: 198 ✭✭Donadea Leo


    Did it look like that before bottling, could crash cool might help. If you re unlucky enough to have an infection it may just be the bottle. Do all the bottles look like this. Is it carbonated?

    That's a clear bottle is it in a light space by any chance, i only use brown bottles as light effects beer so wouldn't notice this in a bottle myself. Like those speckled hens myself.


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    Caribs
    Registered Users Posts: 235 ✭✭Caribs


    Looked fine before bottling and I have a mix of bottles but most of them are either brown or green. Seems most if not all of them have this which would indicate something going wrong at the bottling stage or just before it as the main brew looked fine.

    I've left it outside for a few days now for conditioning so will crack open a bottle and see what its like.


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