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Bobbi Meyer's Irish Stout Is Dead R.I.P.

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10 years 9 months ago #802 by Dullahan Brewing
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A little while ago i made my first foray into all grain brewing. I did a BIAB Irish stout receipe given me by Bobbi Meyer off youtube.Long story short(please don't fall over laughing) i had to do 5 seperate one gallon batches using no chill method and combine all 5 in a 33lt fermenter before pitching yeast starter.

Last few weeks all seemed to be going fine though i had a lot of spongy looking trub settling in primary.Transferred to secondary about a week ago and lost 4 litres due to this trub. However i did not notice anything off at that stage except a strong waft of something when i opened primary but after ten minutes it was all but gone.

Well as can be seen from the pictures when i checked up on the stout in secondary this morning i found her to be very sick indeed. No stinky smells but that is most definitely an infection. Down the drain it went, not worth risking it in my book.
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10 years 9 months ago - 10 years 9 months ago #803 by Gash
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hmmm I still would of tested it if you could bottle without disturbing the floaters, not many bugs can survive in beer once its brewed, nothing really bad for us humans. How did you pour it into your secondary? Didnt splash it too much? One day I might secondary again I havent found any difference in my beers, especially my ales and big beers like stouts, since I stopped. (not saying thats where it was from) just raving lol.
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10 years 9 months ago #804 by Dullahan Brewing
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Too late i dumped the lot :ohmy: If it happens again i will not be so hasty. I was pissed off when i saw it and chucked it down the drain in a fit. Syphoned it from primary to secondary, no excessive splashing. Plenty starsan used, cant figure it out tbh. Oh well i will know for next time, at least it was not too uch money wasted anyway.

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10 years 9 months ago #806 by Gash
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How long was it in the primary?

Sometimes the act of transferring will stir the yeast into action again, and sometimes this can resemble the pictures you posted, but I agree it does look like mould.

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10 years 9 months ago #808 by Dullahan Brewing
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It was in primary 3.5 weeks Gash and only in secondary 9 days. Cant figure out how it got infected though as i thought i was being real careful. Tell ya what i am having my doubts about doing this secondary in the future, not sure if its worth the risk, Cheers.

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10 years 9 months ago #809 by Gash
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In my opinion after 3.5 weeks in the primary, secondary is unnecessary.

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10 years 9 months ago #810 by Dullahan Brewing
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I agree things kinda went haywire on me and i meant to bottle it straight away but forgot about it tbh.

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