Is my beer wrecked?

KENZ · Feb 24, 2012

I brewed a five gallon batch of creme ale. I wanted to split it into two for different flavoring. I was actually trying a variation of a carmel vanilla recipe that I found on here. So I racked into two five gallon carboys. It's been two weeks and I checked it today and it looked like there was some mold floating in the beer. I was stupid and didn't think to purge the air out with co2 . Is the beer toast?

day_trippr · Feb 24, 2012

You sure it's mold? Pictures would help...

Cheers!

Scruffy1207 · Feb 24, 2012

It could just be yeast rafts. I'd post a pic. Lots of newer homebrewers mistake yeast rafts for an infection. I'll post a pic of my infected pale ale if you want, lol.

KENZ · Feb 24, 2012

I guess not 100% . I can post pic later. I am at work now and this is really bugging me. After I transfered the airlock never filled up. I am thinking I should keg tonite. Usually I use priming sugar to carbonate but now I think I might be bettet to force carb and chill to slow potential oxidation. This beer is entered in a competition in April hope it works out.

KENZ · Feb 24, 2012

So what are the signs of an infection?

tchfunkta · Feb 24, 2012

Infections are rare. Give it time and see what happens.

NordeastBrewer77 · Feb 24, 2012

KENZ said:
So what are the signs of an infection?

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/post-your-infection-71400/

KENZ · Feb 24, 2012

Thanks for that. Mine don't look like that. Do you think I can naturally carbonate in the keg being that the carboys were half full? Would the extra head space kill the yeast? Should I just force carb?

NordeastBrewer77 · Feb 24, 2012

extra headspace won't kill your yeast. carbonate either way that you please.

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