homebrew turning black

[troybinso]

Black mold?

[morticaixavier]

any chance a LARGE amount of idophor got in the beer? could be a reaction between unconverted starch and iodine.

[denny]

Sounds like autolysis to me.

I've never heard of autolysis making a beer turn black.

I had a Saison left on the yeast for months turn from straw-colored to what can be comparatively considered "black". While the brew did not stink it was quite reminiscent of soy-sauce and was very unpleasant. A dumper.

But he said the pale ale that turned black was "recently made".

[euge]

Just throwing it out there.

[denny]

Just throwing it out there.

Well, he threw out the beer so you might as well! 

[speed]

i'll bet your dog pooped in it and didn't tell you

[malzig]

Do you have small children that might think it fun to put something in a fermenter?

Do you have teenagers that might think it was funny?

How about a wife that would like you to spend less time homebrewing?

Do you drink enough to forget that you decided it was a good idea to turn your Pale Ale into a Black Pale Ale?

[theoman]

I made a basic batch of soap and added hops. After I cut it up and it touch the air, it almost instantly turned really dark brown. So, for you, maybe there some sort of air/hops/residual cleaning product reaction going on?

[LBC2]

^^^^Gross