bad mash

LONEEAGLE155 · Post by **LONEEAGLE155** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 8:16 pm

I cooked off a batch of mash following UJ recipe and everything went fine so I did the backset deal to start the sour mashing after a week the bubbleing has stopped but unlike the orginal batch there is no spent corn on top even though I added fresh corn and I have a scum on top of the wash it looks like a fine dust covering the surface of the wash is this normal?
JD

Aidas · Post by **Aidas** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 10:26 pm

What does your hydrometer say? If the bubbling stopped, you've either got a ferment that's done or close to it, OR a stuck ferment. However, to know that you need to measure your SG before and after.

What does the wash taste like? Sweet, dry?

Aidas

pothead · Post by **pothead** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 3:03 am

People have complained about this same type of infection before.....It has happened to me before, too.

If you run it, I bet you will have a WHOLE run that is tainted with a nasty nail-polish-remover smell to it.

did you use any yeast? and how much?

I decided to ALWAYS use a heavy enough dose of yeast to fight off and kill most of any bacterias that might form.