Juno_Malone
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Was planning on brewing a gose...this is my second time kettle-souring; first time went great. This time I accidentally skipped the step of bringing the wort to a boil after mashing/sparging, which I think is where my trouble began. Mashed at 150, sparged at 175, collected 7.2gal of wort in my kettle and let it cool to 110F. Pitched a 4cup 1.040 starter with 8 Swanson Lactobacillus plantarum capsules that had been going for a couple days. Within 12 hours, there was a super thick goopy white layer on top of my wort - I freaked out and skimmed it all off, realizing later that it may have just been a weird Lacto pellicle. Then, another ~6 hours later, something else took hold - looked like a wild yeast (krausen), but it smelled terrible. Not the nice pleasant smell I had gotten from the other kettle sour I did last year. After 6 hours of that krausen and the horrible smell, I decided to bring it to a boil, cool, and re-pitch some more plantarum caps to try and salvage the batch. After cooling from the boil, I checked the pH - 4.2. I took a sample, and it tasted...okay? Slightly tart, but it still smelled pretty bad. I'm now at ~24 hours after pitching the second round, and the wort still smells pretty nasty. I'm thinking that I should toss this batch before I invest more time and money in it; what do you guys think? Thanks!