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added FAQ on where to find recipes
A: Usually contaminated beers do not give favorable results. Exceptions occur rarely from wild contamination. If the contamination was from a cultured ''Brettanomyces'' that originated from equipment that was used for purposeful mixed fermentations, then the contaminated beer might turn out well. Otherwise, the chances of a wild contamination turning out good are very low. The best advice is to smell and taste a small sample, and if it does not taste good then dump the batch and brew a sour/funky beer on purpose. Don't waste your time/fermentation space with accidental infections. As far as knowing what infected the beer based on what a pellicle looks like, the short answer is that [[Pellicle#Pellicle_Appearance_as_a_Microbe_Identifying_Indicator|you cannot identify contaminating microbes based on what a pellicle looks like]].
 
==I need a recipe==
The book "American Sour Beers" by Michael Tonsmeire has a great section on recipes. Also, we maintain a member-driven recipe database on Brewtoad: https://www.brewtoad.com/groups/milk-the-funk. We have a few recipes [http://www.milkthefunk.com/wiki/Category:Recipes here] as well.
==Do I need separate equipment==

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