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Subject: Infected Wit
Author: Chuck K.
Jun 30th, 2008
2:33 pm
I've been brewing 5+ years, 50+ batches, and have had only two dumped batches due to infection. Both were Wits, the last one this past week. Is there anything about a Wit that makes it prone to infection, or is this just coincidence?
Subject: Re: Infected Wit
Author: N8
Jun 30th, 2008
2:58 pm
Nope, they just taste like that...
Subject: Re: Infected Wit
Author: Chuck K.
Jun 30th, 2008
3:16 pm
I know what a Wit tastes like--I've been to Belgium, frenquently buy 6ers of Hoooegarten, etc. My homebrews, however, have turned light greenish, have white, solid "floaties," and taste like a mixture of sour milk and orange juice. I'm assuming that age wont smooth these flavors out . . . . .
Subject: Re: Infected Wit
Author: N8
Jun 30th, 2008
3:29 pm
OK, maybe I should have put the lil smiley thing after that..
I don't know of anything specific about a wit that would make it more prone to infection than any other beer. Unless, maybe it would be adding oats in there that weren't mashed. That could cause a possible source of infection with the starches from the oats.
Subject: Re: Infected Wit
Author: Dan Berry
Jul 3rd, 2008
7:22 am
I would say coincidence.

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