Thoughts on Infections

Sponan · Nov 19, 2014

Immortale25 said: ↑

As usual, TongoRad has hit the nail on the head. If you're gonna start experimenting with wild yeast, you either need to do it in a completely separate facility or, if you introduce it to the same building where you brew all your other beers and on the same equipment, you need to clean every centimeter of the equipment from top to bottom, left to right, every nook and cranny ten times over...and then clean it again. Even breweries like Cigar City, whose team knows what they're doing, cleaned the living shit (pun intended) out of all their equipment when they knew there could be a possibility of contamination since they were messing with wild yeast. Still, an entire batch of Cubano Espresso got infected. I know because I bought a 4-pack and knew something was wrong with it and later heard the story. This was back in 2012 and they have since resolved the issue as far as I know. The point being, the decision to start utilizing wild yeast is one of the most important decisions a brewery can make because you run the risk of ruining batches of beer. Any brewery who takes this lightly is not a brewery that should be taken seriously by consumers.
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Cigar City had many issues with bad batches early on. They definitely received a pass on QC issues as a new brewery. To their credit, they have solved them.

mikeburd1128 · Nov 19, 2014

OleGee said: ↑

care to name or hint the brewery?
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Bolero Snort. There's a thread about the one release in the Mid-Atlantic forums.

VncentLIFE · Nov 20, 2014

Sponan said: ↑

Seems like if you have an infected batch, you should solve the problem before putting out two more infected batches. I'm not trying to single out Central Waters, but they are the only brewery of which I am aware that released a new batch before solving the problem. I give them credit for recalling/refunding, but they really should have solved the problem first.
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Oh I was speaking of Finch's, I dont know of Central Waters. I know I had an infected Peruvian Morning

Thoughts on Infections

Sponan Initiate (0) Jan 20, 2008 Tennessee

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