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Old 04-28-2007, 04:31 PM   #1
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I brewed an Amber Cervesa and racked it to the secondary fermenter on 2-24-07. Still had avtivity, so just left it sit - dark room at constant temp of 55'F until now. There are several small 1/8 inch round off white cells on approx 1/3 of the surface. The beer is amber clear and I just pulled the lock and do not detect any off odors. If I carefully siphon off the beer underneath the surface, is it still safe to drink?
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yes, its most likely fine to drink. Yeast do odd things...and that is one of em.


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Did it look like this?



I wouldn't worry about it, I've had similar in the secondary, it's probably just small CO2 bubbles.
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Old 04-28-2007, 05:19 PM   #4
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Yes - the cells are similar to your picture - but they definately are not CO2. Will taste and bottle this afternoon - I'll post the results.
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