# Unintended sour? **URL:** \ **Category:** Other Fermentables\ **Created:** [December 6, 2021, 1:24am UTC](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/t/unintended-sour/31753 "2021-12-06T01:24:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dragonflylady](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brewersassociation/user_avatar/forum.homebrewersassociation.org/dragonflylady/32/19_2.png) [@Dragonflylady](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/u/Dragonflylady)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 1:24am UTC](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/t/unintended-sour/31753/1 "2021-12-06T01:24:59Z")
I was making a farmhouse ale and I finished waiting 2 weeks after bottling and tasted the first bottle—getting a slight sour flavor- hops are supposed to somewhat citrus but I do not think they should be this intense. It does not taste bad, but not what I intended. Get the crystal ball out, I am thinking I either got some wild yeast or other contamination. This is the first one in 9 years of brewing- assuming from what I have read, it is not going to cause any illness. I brewed another batch using the same equipment, tasted the first bottle and no hint of sour, so I do not think it is any persistent infection with the equipment. Looking for any thoughts. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Bob357](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brewersassociation/user_avatar/forum.homebrewersassociation.org/bob357/32/4014_2.png) [@Bob357](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/u/Bob357)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 1:36am UTC](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/t/unintended-sour/31753/2 "2021-12-06T01:36:46Z")
If it is contaminated, it may be that the bottle is the source. You’ll find out after drinking a few more. ---
**Author:** ![lsales](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brewersassociation/user_avatar/forum.homebrewersassociation.org/lsales/32/12239_2.png) [@lsales](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/u/lsales)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 3:08am UTC](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/t/unintended-sour/31753/3 "2021-12-06T03:08:12Z")
I made a pumpkin beer once, baked the pumpkin added to the mash, etc etc… and it came out sour… but a nice sour… I had others try it and they liked it. They asked me what I did. I told them it was an accident. I wouldn’t even know how to begin saying what I’ve done. I was really just looking for feedback on how to fix it. I thought it making it again but I wouldn’t even know where you begin. ---
**Author:** ![kramerog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brewersassociation/user_avatar/forum.homebrewersassociation.org/kramerog/32/19_2.png) [@kramerog](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/u/kramerog)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2021, 6:17pm UTC](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/t/unintended-sour/31753/4 "2021-12-07T18:17:52Z")
Dragonfly, it seems unlikely that you have an infection because lactobacillus infections don’t kick in until the hops have faded. But when they do, bottled beers become gushers when opened.