Hmmmm....
I'm not an alarmist, but if it's getting filmy on top, and there are large filmy bubbles, not good.
I forgot the most important part..... It tastes awesome! Probably should have said that. Any way I think the saison yeast blends may have some wild yeasts in there as well could that be making the weird film?
saison yeast, which I guess might include brettanomyces (yeast). Brett makes puffy lumps on the top.
Careful. If it is infected (which to me, it looks like a pellicle may be forming), you could end up with bottle bombs. I have used WLP565 many times and my beer has never looked like that, nor shown any brett character.
OldBunny said:After this much effort, I'd say "Go for it!" Even iff it's brett, you'll probably end up with an interesting beer. I had an ale develop what looked like a brettanomyces infection in the secondary a few years ago and it turned out great! If it tastes good, bottle it and see what happens.
Nice. Ive had this happen to me a few times,wasnt shure if it was from the yeast but I did have had a few batches start overcarbing overtime, and I recognized the source of infection J ust make shure you check up on them if you conditon them or they could turn on you possibly. I have a pretty good system of trying to drink one out of a batch in regular bi-weekly cycles and keeping conscience/written notes, if I see some slight foaming or overcarbonation they ALL go straight to the fridge and drank sooner . I think its a good sytem for small batch long term conditioning below room temp. Its bad enough I dropped a few commercial bombers in my basement to clean up!
Biggest thing is, don't worry. If it taste bad, toss it.
If it's questionable, try it... I've broadened my horizons.. I had an IPA that I thought had a lacto infection.... 2 weeks before I had to keg, bottle and serve at a wedding.
Turns out, it was fine... People friggin RAVED over the beer... I mean, literally, found me in the crowd and shook my hand over it...
So, bottomline.. see how it goes.. When you are ready to bottle, or keg.. Do it... Try it before you do.. If you like it.. chances are it's okay for now.
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