Beer for the sink

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macleanb

Beer for the sink

Post by macleanb » Wed Feb 13, 2008 8:55 pm

Hi

My Admirals reserve has gone awry, and now has a distinct aroma & flavour of celery :shock: :( . This is only 2.5 weeks into conditioning (having a sneak preview) but it definately aint right. :oops:

Did some searches but cant find this as a side efect of any infection - anyone ever had this/know what it is?

cheers & ttfn benm
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grumpysod

Post by grumpysod » Wed Feb 13, 2008 9:56 pm

Interesting read, Escherichia is one of the families of bacteria that can cause the celery-like taint - the most well known member of this family is E. Coli.
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baldyjason

Post by baldyjason » Thu Feb 14, 2008 8:27 am

O MY GOD YOUR BEER HAS MAD COW DESEASE :shock:
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steve_flack

Post by steve_flack » Thu Feb 14, 2008 9:39 am

Nearly everyone has e coli in their bodies. It's unusual for coliforms to be a problem in beer unless you take a long time to cool the beer and you don't pitch enough yeast. You do sometime see them in the early stages of spontaneous fermented beers (Lambics for example) but they die off pretty quick in those too.
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oblivious

Post by oblivious » Thu Feb 14, 2008 11:05 am

E.coli is a very strong indication of faecal contamination, some body not washing there hands :shock:
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steve_flack

Post by steve_flack » Thu Feb 14, 2008 11:26 am

It's probably not e coli itself that's a problem but more likely a related bug.
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