rotten grains?

Wed Oct 03, 2007 5:35 pm

So i am almost in tears, well maybe a few shed. Who says grown men dont cry. I carbed up my twokegs of pale ale earlier today, one had a hal gall cheryr juice tossed in it at secondary. Carbed them this morning, continued on my disastrous brew day, ask about that later, and came home this eveinng to try a little taste test, to my disgust, it tastes like my spent grain pile in the summer heat. It tastes like rotten grains. Obviously an infectyion, any idea what would cause this off flavor. I will probably have to toss out all 10 gallons. oh why, why why. :cry: :cry: :cry:
My brew day went to hell, my pale ales turn out crap, today has pissed me off so much i feel like drinking myself to sleep. Maybe i wont rememvber all this tomorrow.
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Wed Oct 03, 2007 6:01 pm

If it tastes/smells like rotting grains it sounds like lactobacillus, which gives a grain pile it's fantastic pungent aroma! *nb - fantastic may be over stating the nature of the aroma*
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Wed Oct 03, 2007 7:32 pm

Do both kegs taste nasty, or just one? If one, was it the one with the cherry juice?

Oh, and don't be too quick to throw it out. I try to only throw out bad beer when it is old bad beer. You might have something magical in the works that just will take some time.
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Sat Oct 06, 2007 1:27 pm

It was both kegs so it leads me to believe it was pre keg infect.
Theyre sitting in my kegerator under CO2 right now so theyre not hurting anything, but i dont see them getting much better
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