wolfie

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That's great to hear! I am a little fresh and got to thinking I must have done something wrong racking my brew from the primary to my carboy. Glad I was just jumping to conclusions and it was just the lil yeasties kicking it! The little blobs do kind of look like the mold that grows on your salsa if you leave it in the fridge too long. Will these blobs settle out? or will they continue to float in there? When I transferred my brew there was a layer of bubbly happy yeast floating on top -so much I had to skim them off to syphon the ale out. Stayed in the primary for a little over 2 weeks. I am going to rack it into my other carboy and dry hop it in a week...I am hoping that's long enough to let them settle down a bit.

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BillTheSlink

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Sometimes they will fall, but I've had a couple of floaters that didn't.

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Primary: Bass Clone Austin Home Brew Supply
Went down in a blaze of glory due to mold infection.

ON DECK: Moosebutt Faux Lager

Lambo3

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Okay, so, I've got these white specks as well... although, I didn't notice them until I took a close look at the beer this week. It has been in the secondary for maybe a couple months, I just haven't gotten around to bottling it. I figured I was safe for a few months in the secondary, but I'm just now getting back into this after a several year hiatus from brewing.

I figured it was growing mold, but it looks the same after several days of this... I guess just pop off the airlock and see if it has the dusty mold smell?

NorCalAngler

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That cracked me up! I hope you don't mind, but I'm putting your quote in my signature.

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BillTheSlink

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Don't worry about it. It is just yeast. If it were mold it would look fuzzy and perhaps be white hairy bubbles. I've been brewing for a year and a half pretty heavy, and only had one infection. That was due to an ill fitting bung that kept falling out and hitting the wet indoor outdoor carpet and getting put back on, and I admit to being a bit sloppy with sanitation, yet I make good, even award wining, beer.

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Primary: Bass Clone Austin Home Brew Supply
Went down in a blaze of glory due to mold infection.

ON DECK: Moosebutt Faux Lager

sundancerbrewing

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I had this problem today! I am brewing a Sweet Chocolate Stout. I used 6 ounces of non dairy chocolate morsels which i added at the final 10 minutes of boiling the wort. I used Whitelabs Irish ale yeast liquid. It has been fermenting exactly 2 weeks. The last 3 days I have been checking with hydrometer and it shows that fermentation is done. I opened it up today to bottle it, and I seen this crazy ass surface! It looked like spider webs and was pretty dense. It looked like spider eggs, the white puffs with threading. I smelled it, which seemed like goodness!! I took a sanitized measuring cup and tasted it. tasted good! I took my fermenter and placed in on the table top so i could syphon. When I looked into the bucket it seemed to have broken up very well just by the movement of lifting and placing it on the table. I called one of my brewing friends who has been brewing years longer me said it seemed like Belgium Lace???? I am going to bottle for 3 to 4 weeks and see what happens. Scared the crap out of me when I saw it!!!!!!

Leadster

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I've got a Belgian brown ale sitting in the secondary - it's been there for 3+ months - I'm using a Sam Caligione's recipe. There's still lots of bubbling activity on the surface. Don't see any sign of bacteria infection though I'm not counting out the possibility. I'm planning to bottle this batch in a few days, but I'm wondering if I should hold off until the bubbles subside - any thoughts?

Revvy

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Hydrometer reading...Gravity reading...Hydrometer reading...Gravity reading...Hydrometer reading...Gravity reading...Hydrometer reading...Gravity reading...We can't tell you what's going on. My brewing psychic ability only works on the 5th Tuesday of the month and barely extends past my own brew closet let alone looking into yours.

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PKLehmer

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Just encountering this problem, and I'm pretty sure my case is one of two things.
1) Yeast Clumps as stated above
2) Leftover residue from Starsan. I was told that bubbles were ok with Starsan, and to not worry if I am pouring beer on top of them, but when I racked into my secondary, there were alot of bubbles on top of the beer, and as they've dissappeard, they've been replaced by these white streaks.

This is my first beer, so I'm a little anxious, but does anyone have any opinions?

Lame attempt at posting a picture of the problem

birvine

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My brews have these same "yeast clumpies" - likely nothing to worry about.

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