think its contaminated!

superrican said:

i have a porter brewed thats in the 2nd fermenter already , and its ready to bottle , i went to go check it out , and on the top floating it looks like grains of salt/sand just floating . as far as sanitation goes , i didnt miss a thing .... my concern is i ran out of bottles so the brew has been in the 2nd fermenter 2 weeks longer than i wanted could this be a part of what im seeing?? . any suggestions ???
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superrican said:

i have a porter brewed thats in the 2nd fermenter already , and its ready to bottle , i went to go check it out , and on the top floating it looks like grains of salt/sand just floating . as far as sanitation goes , i didnt miss a thing .... my concern is i ran out of bottles so the brew has been in the 2nd fermenter 2 weeks longer than i wanted could this be a part of what im seeing?? . any suggestions ???
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Revvy said:

We leave our beer for MONTHS in primary or secondary, that's actually good for your beer. What you are seeing are yeast rafts. Little bits of yeast buoyed to the surface by co2 in the trub layer. They just float to the top. The surface of the beer is rarely free of stuff. It doesn't mean anything is wrong. Relax.

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thornton33 said:

Question: I've had yeast rafts in my beer that eventually settled to the bottom in secondary. Now I have tiny white specs that float just below the surface that appeared after two weeks. I think its from the star san foam but I have no idea. Ideas?

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thornton33 said:

@A R Josh: Thanks dude. I did everything by the numbers so it was a little unsettling; if there was a problem I legitimately would not have known when/how it occurred.

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