Damned acetobacter

[akr71]

I just tossed 6 gallons of malt vinegar down the drain. I'm not really sure where/how I picked up the acetobacter - I didn't really do anything different on that batch, but it caused me nothing but problems from the beginning. Guess it doesn't really matter how - it was un-fixable and is gone now. I'm more pissed off that I couldn't add the West Yorkshire Ale yeast to my collection.

Production at Townshend Brewery is really suffering lately. I have a bum ankle that barely holds me up right now - I can't imagine what a brew day would do to me.

[RubberToe]

I feel your pain, today I dumped 5 gallons of brown ale!

[NASH]

Bad news, that always sucks.

Somebody needs to fire up the still for this sorta stuff me thinks

[mr x]

lol, it's here for the taking if anybody wants to use it.

I believe I have some West Yorkshire in the fridge that is still viable enough to step up. If you really want some again.

[akr71]

I'll probably be OK. I ordered the English Ale strain that's part of this season's Private Collection (Thames Valley II).

The fermentation pushed the lid off and I didn't notice for close to a day and a half. The lid just sits loosely on top of the bucket - I'm not afraid of open fermentation, but I basically gave the beasties a free pass since the krausen gummed up the lid and spilled down the outside of the bucket.