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Old 10-11-2009, 10:31 PM   #1
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I just transferred my beer from the primary to the secondary fermenter but one day later i see white blotches on the top of the beer. Does this mean it could be infected or did i just transferred it too soon and its still fermenting? Any ideas?


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probably just started up a little fermentation again.
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I call them yeast floaties and they are very common after you transfer to secondary. No worries on that beer.
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Yes it's yeast rafts. Yeast buoyed up by co2 from the bottom. Or it's going to grow a krausen because you racked to soon but NOT and infection. Both things are perfectly normal and happen all the time.
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I had a situation where I transfered to a secondary and I got this patchwork of white stuff on the top of my beer. Thought was infection but upon closer inspection was just a few continuous streams of CO2. Turned out there was a little bit of fermentation left.


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