USFBull

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I have some pale ale in the secondary, I've kept it covered with a pullover coat and when i removed it today it had a white almost gel like substance floating on the top of it, when i shook the secondary it all fell down to the bottom.


Is this that ropey infection or is this normal, yeast maybe?

Evan!

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"covered with a pullover coat"? You mean, you used a dingy old coat as a bucket lid?

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.planned:
•Scottish 80/- •Sweet Stout •Roggenbier
.primary | bright:
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.on tap | kegged:
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USFBull

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No, The pullover is to protect it from light, its a clear bottle. I had checked it this morning and it was fine, and when i pulled it off tonight it was covered in a quarter of an inch layer of this stuff. Any ideas? I was going to bottle tommorow.

Evan!

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Only thing anyone can tell you at this point is to bottle it and see what happens.

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MOSS HOLLOW BREWING CO.
Aristocratic Ales, Lascivious Lagers

.planned:
•Scottish 80/- •Sweet Stout •Roggenbier
.primary | bright:
98: Moss Hollow Soured '09 72: Oude Kriek 99: B-Weisse 102: Brett'd BDSA 104: Feat of Strength Helles Bock 105: Merkin Brown
.on tap | kegged:
XX: Moss Hollow Springs Sparkling Water 95: Gott Mit Uns German Pils 91b: Brown Willie's Oaked Abbey Ale 103: Merkin Stout
98: Yorkshire Special 100: Maple Porter 89: Cidre Saison 101: Steffiweizen '09 (#3)

McKBrew

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Does it smell bad? Could you possibly post a picture so someone can take a look and give you a hand?

I'm not too sure on this one.

USFBull

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Smells great, like beer. Picture coming right up, i did shake it so most of it settled to the bottom but ill see if I can get it.

Axegod

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I had something like this on top of the secondary beer.....It looked like a very thin white paint...almost like pond scum in the middle of summer. I assumed it was a type of infection or bacteria. I thought if it was a critter growth the CO2 form the bottle outta kill it......When I stuck a racking cane into the carboy, the stuff parted like the red sea and clung to the sides of the carboy. 99.99% was left in the carboy.

The beer had the stuff in the bottles for a few days and then it sunk -without ruining the beer.

Go ahead and bottle...you got nothing to lose. If it looks like beer, and smells and tastes ok you should be ok.....

Beer very careful and wash all the bottles and carboys/hoses/canes, etc very carefully in potent sanitizer afterwards.

Good luck - and keep us updated.

Cheers.

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david_42

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Believe me, if it's ropey, you will know. Ropey is much like a cross between Jello and over-cooked paste.

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USFBull

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here is a picture, I have more i can post if you need them

I shook it up so it broke apart and sank but some of it is still floating at the top
thats what the picture is.

It my first brew by the way

BarleyWater

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Eww gross, throw it away now!!!!!!

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