Beer Scum?

captianoats · 10-15-2008, 03:11 PM

Does this look normal?

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I opened up my brew today to take a gravity reading and this is what I found. It didn't have the brown and white scum on it a couple days ago when I popped it open. It is a wheat beer, and it's been in primary for a couple of weeks. I am ready to bottle, but I want to make sure this isn't some protoplasmic goo that will make me sprout a new arm first. (Yes, this is my first attempt at a homebrew, so if I'm fretting over nothing, feel free to tell me.)

BuffaloSabresBrewer · 10-15-2008, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by captianoats

Does this look normal?

beer_scum - HomeBrewTalk Gallery

I opened up my brew today to take a gravity reading and this is what I found. It didn't have the brown and white scum on it a couple days ago when I popped it open. It is a wheat beer, and it's been in primary for a couple of weeks. I am ready to bottle, but I want to make sure this isn't some protoplasmic goo that will make me sprout a new arm first. (Yes, this is my first attempt at a homebrew, so if I'm fretting over nothing, feel free to tell me.)

Ya its pretty normal, specially for a wheat. There just clumps of yeast.

slimer · 10-15-2008, 04:35 PM

And proteins.

scinerd3000 · 10-15-2008, 05:53 PM

trust me- when you finally get a glass carboy or better bottle and you see all the gunk floating around and the proteins and krausen floaters your going to have a whole different view of beer. In a sense your creating your own little ecosystem and its gonna look foul.