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Mold on wort, should I taste?
« on: June 23, 2013, 12:41:53 pm »
So I made and experimental brew in the fall using a lot of Oval-tine and a bunch of other household groceries and once it was done fermenting it smelled terrible.  So terrible that I was not even brave enough to taste it so I decided to throw it out.  I seem to have forgotten to throw it out and it has been sitting in my basement in a glass carboy with airlock for months and now has mold on top of it.  I smelled it this morning and it actually smelled pretty good to me.  Should I taste it or get rid of it?  The mold scares me a little since I didn't add anything to the wort except US-05.
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Re: Mold on wort, should I taste?
« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2013, 12:55:11 pm »
Dude!

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Re: Mold on wort, should I taste?
« Reply #2 on: June 23, 2013, 12:58:24 pm »
Taste it.

it's not going to hurt you and it might be amazing. what does the mold look like?
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Re: Mold on wort, should I taste?
« Reply #3 on: June 23, 2013, 01:03:57 pm »
I'm scared

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Re: Mold on wort, should I taste?
« Reply #4 on: June 23, 2013, 01:11:15 pm »
A) Nothing that grows in beer can kill you

B) Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger

Therefore:

C) Drinking this beer makes you stronger. Go for it!
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Re: Mold on wort, should I taste?
« Reply #5 on: June 23, 2013, 01:31:26 pm »
Ah, but is anything that grows in ovaltine bad for you?

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Re: Mold on wort, should I taste?
« Reply #6 on: June 23, 2013, 02:06:23 pm »
I wonder what the other "household groceries" were? Beets! Nothing beats beets beer!
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« Last Edit: June 23, 2013, 02:14:02 pm by mudman »
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Re: Mold on wort, should I taste?
« Reply #8 on: June 23, 2013, 02:14:42 pm »
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Re: Mold on wort, should I taste?
« Reply #9 on: June 23, 2013, 02:38:24 pm »
A friend once made a "beetweizen".  You couldn't really tell there were beets in it.
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Mold on wort, should I taste?
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Re: Mold on wort, should I taste?
« Reply #11 on: June 23, 2013, 04:11:06 pm »
Rack that beer out from under it and get on with your day.
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Re: Mold on wort, should I taste?
« Reply #13 on: June 23, 2013, 05:49:27 pm »
Tried it.  Pretty good and a little tart, like a sour beer.  Seems way low on alcohol and I sort of remember being low on the OG I was going for so I am not sure I will keep it.
Mike

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