Late Gusher

[John Sand]

I found a bottle of my Centennial Blonde B, a hoppier version of the famous recipe. This went into the bottle in September, was a success, and is mostly gone. So I was happy to try it again, even if it is not young for a Blonde. I was surprised that a second after opening, the bottle foamed over, and didn't stop. I had a run of infections around the time I bottled this, before throwing out my plastic. It is possible that this one bottle was contaminated somehow. It's also possible that a very slight infection entered through the bottling wand or autosiphon and took it's time contaminating the bottle. There has been some other talk of puzzling gushers lately, I'm adding mine to the mystery pool.

[mashani]

Did you taste it?

[John Sand]

Yes I did. Not terrible, but a definite aftertaste. Cloudy too.