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02-05-2012, 07:08 PM
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Infection? Gooey bubbly krausen
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Sorry for the newbie "did I ruin it" thread, but I'm pretty sure I've got my first infection here and was wondering if anybody can confirm.
I opened up the primary to rack to secondary on a ~6%abv all grain blonde ale after 1.5 weeks. Airlock activity stopped after 5-6 days, so I dont think it's normal krausen.
See picture attached, it's a bubbly snotty looking layer on top. I racked the beer under it to secondary and I'll see what happens.
Is this an infection? Any idea why kind?
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02-05-2012, 07:09 PM
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Looks like krausen to me. Maybe it didn't drop out yet. Was fermentation complete?
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02-05-2012, 07:11 PM
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Looking pretty normal to me as well.
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02-05-2012, 07:12 PM
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Appears to be normal kreusen to me, you probably should have left it in primary, did you take a hydrometer sample?
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02-05-2012, 08:54 PM
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Yes, the gravity was at 1.011, which is around where I expected it to be, it could potentially go down another couple points, but not much more than that.
The Krausen didn't look like it was moving much like i've seen before when i have a good active Krausen layer going. Typically i can see a lot of bubbling and bubbles popping etc, this seemed mostly still.
I tasted my hydrometer sample and it tasted good, not sour at all.
Hopefully it is normal... it's just never seen this snot-like texture before in my krausen.
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02-05-2012, 09:10 PM
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Originally Posted by bduane
Airlock activity stopped after 5-6 days, so I dont think it's normal krausen.
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Airlock activity or lack of activity isn't a very good indicator of fermentation.
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Is this an infection? Any idea why kind?
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Looks like a yeast infection. |
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02-07-2012, 04:43 AM
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Hop Sludge and Krausen from an active fermentation, nice...
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02-07-2012, 11:51 AM
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You're good dude
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02-07-2012, 12:14 PM
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Not an infection. That type of krausen sometimes can hang around for weeks post-fermentation . Depends on yeast strain, conditions, etc.
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02-07-2012, 01:49 PM
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Originally Posted by greenbirds
Not an infection. That type of krausen sometimes can hang around for weeks post-fermentation . Depends on yeast strain, conditions, etc.
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Good to hear, first time I've seen such a "lingering" krausen. I might have fermented a bit warm, wonder if that could have something to do with it.
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