Wed Jun 29, 2011 2:04 pm
Hello BNr's... Im brewing a Bam Biere clone from one of the JZ shows... I saved and made a starter with the bottle dregs from a couple of the actual beers and they smell wonderful but I was concerned that they wouldn't be 'strong' enough to kick out the sour ish flavors I was hoping for. So I bought the wlp655 Belgian sour mix strain and made a starter with it as well... Here lies the problem. The bam Biere starter smells AWESOME... a really nice pleasing sour-y smell, but the 655 starter is giving off some way funky smells... I've only had one beer get ruined by what I think was some sort of bacteria and the starter smells exactly like that infected beer... Is the 655 strain supposed to smell like this or do I have some other unwanted bugs at work here? Anyone know what kinda smells the 655 should be putting off right now? Is this normal? Thanks