What is a pellicle? | The Craft Beer Channel

What is a pellicle? | The Craft Beer Channel

This is one for the wild ale fans, and possibly those with strong stomachs because today we're talking PELLICLES! These amazing, alien looking bacterial structures you find on top of wild ales. Find out what they are made of, what their purpose is, and how to tell them apart. Kind of.

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