IslandMike
Active Member
Hello everyone,
Did a bunch of searching about infected beers because I recently got my first infection. It formed a nice film on top of the wort and had some thin white strands all over. Now, I don't really care about figuring out what it is but I want to just save the beer.
I have read enough not to dump it so instead I siphoned under the film it into a 5gal glass carboy. I waited a couple days and can see a thin film beginning to develop at the neck of the carboy. It does still taste all right, or as good as warm uncarbed beer does.
Ive read to keg and drink it fast, however I am hesitant to put infection into my kegs because I can't bleach the hell out of them like I can my other equipment. Would I be better off just kegging what I have or do you think cold crashing the beer for a couple days would be better before kegging?
Other Info:
Brewed Aug 25 (4 weeks ago)
OG = 1.046
FG = 1.009
FG has not dropped from before infection to now
Its still pretty cloudy but I care more about taste than looks right now
Did a bunch of searching about infected beers because I recently got my first infection. It formed a nice film on top of the wort and had some thin white strands all over. Now, I don't really care about figuring out what it is but I want to just save the beer.
I have read enough not to dump it so instead I siphoned under the film it into a 5gal glass carboy. I waited a couple days and can see a thin film beginning to develop at the neck of the carboy. It does still taste all right, or as good as warm uncarbed beer does.
Ive read to keg and drink it fast, however I am hesitant to put infection into my kegs because I can't bleach the hell out of them like I can my other equipment. Would I be better off just kegging what I have or do you think cold crashing the beer for a couple days would be better before kegging?
Other Info:
Brewed Aug 25 (4 weeks ago)
OG = 1.046
FG = 1.009
FG has not dropped from before infection to now
Its still pretty cloudy but I care more about taste than looks right now