DSM in Lambic production

Discussion in 'Homebrewing' started by olympuszymurgus, Mar 7, 2012.

  1. olympuszymurgus Member

    Location:
    Minnesota
    Hi guys.

    I went for a more "American wild" style wort in a batch from December, three carboys full, with different yeast/bacteria blends in each. The wort was 75% pils, 25% wheat. This was my first time using Floor malted Boho pils. I did not do a long boil, in fact I think I cut it short at 45 min because I hit my volume.

    Today I did some smelling and tasting, and there is some ridiculous levels of DSM in all three. this is the first time I have ever had DSM issues in a brew, so I'm a little bedside myself. The cause is obvious, slow cool fermentation, short boil and a shit tons of Pils malt.

    So... is there anything I can do? will time clean it out? will the bacteria help? do I need to dump out 15 gallons of wort?

    Thanks guys.
    J
  2. Wolfsdenbrew Member

    Location:
    New Mexico
    First, it is DMS :). With a lambic it will be gone so long before the beer is ready to drink, no worries.
  3. olympuszymurgus Member

    Location:
    Minnesota
    Well I feel dumb for my lack of spelling ability.
  4. LynnHomeBrewer Member

    Location:
    Massachusetts
  5. olympuszymurgus Member

    Location:
    Minnesota
    Dimethyl Sulfide
  6. pweis909 Member

    Location:
    Wisconsin
    Don't be so hard on him; he probably did too much LDS in the '60s.
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  7. backfat Member

    Location:
    Indiana
    that's not funny.... but it's funny
  8. ryane Member

    Location:
    Arizona
    I think your right mormon girls tend to linger.....
  9. Gueuzedude Member

    Location:
    Arizona
    My understanding is that during fermentation DMS may be lightly reduced by CO2 scrubbing, but fermentation itself can only increase DMS levels, by reducing DMSO (some yeast does this on a low level, but some wild yeast / bacteria can produce more prodigious amounts under the wrong conditions).
  10. olympuszymurgus Member

    Location:
    Minnesota
    yum...mormon girls...

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