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Vomit-like smell from wort..

  • 12-10-2018 01:12PM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,671 ✭✭✭


    I've sterilised all of my equipment before starting...then I ran some crushed barley in a "Brew Monk" mashing mashine...sparged it and ran the resulting wort into a fermenting bucket (also sterilised). I waited for it to cool to around 28 degrees and then added yeast and put the lid on with an airlock. After a few hours, it was bubbling away nicely and did so for a couple of days, but it then stopped rather quickly and when I opened the bucket to take a look there was a sour vomit-like smell from the wort.
    I'm wondering if the wort has gotten infected or is the sour smell to be expected?
    Any suggestions?


Comments

  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 12,102 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    Leave it alone until it's finished. Bottle/keg it, condition it, taste it, and then decide if you want to drink it or not.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 15,111 ✭✭✭✭RasTa


    You messed up the yeast if added at 28c. It will still ferment out but you're going to get a lot of off flavours.

    Unless it was a kveik strain


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 911 ✭✭✭sharingan


    The vomit like smell is typically butyric acid, aka Baby Sick, and it has a singular origin (bacterial). 
    I dont think this recovers in the beer. Ferment it out and see what you get.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,671 ✭✭✭exaisle


    Thanks for all the replies. I decided to scrap it and start again. Seems fine this time around...


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