Mold in the secondary

alrightmax · Jan 7, 2012

OK, so last week I racked a braggot into the secondary, and today I saw this...

the picture's not great (copious condensation on the glass), but there are a few white circles of (what appears to be) mold...
Should I bottle or rack again?
I was planning on bulk aging at least another month, and from what I tasted last week it could use some age.

unionrdr · Jan 7, 2012

Def hard to see clearly. Looks like yeast rafts with something else...by the look of that mess in the upper right of the pic.

alrightmax · Jan 7, 2012

Fairly sure it's not yeast, I'll try to get a better picture.

alrightmax · Jan 7, 2012

Maybe this is a little better, my camera's being fickle;

I've used this yeast quite a bit, that's why I'm so sure that it's not that. I've thinking I'll just rack it again tomorrow, or should I just bottle it?

NordeastBrewer77 · Jan 7, 2012

alrightmax said:
Maybe this is a little better, my camera's being fickle;

I've used this yeast quite a bit, that's why I'm so sure that it's not that. I've thinking I'll just rack it again tomorrow, or should I just bottle it?

still really hard to see, cant tell the glare on the glass from the stuff inside. can you get a pic without all the glare?

unionrdr · Jan 7, 2012

Looks a lot like lacto,but without the web like lines between the bubbles & clumps. More like a slimy enzime you'd see on somethin rotting in the woods.

day_trippr · Jan 7, 2012

That first shot definitely doesn't look good. Hard to believe there isn't something growing there that shouldn't be...

alrightmax · Jan 8, 2012

That's what I'm thinking, I'm gonna rack it again later today and see what happens

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