Is this an INFECTION??? Pictures attached.

I left this beer in the primary for 1 week, and then transferred it (carefully) to a secondary, dry hopped and it has remained for a week and 1/2. I found these white "iceberg chunks" today.

1. What is this?

2. Can/Should I still bottle my beer/drink it?

3. Can I siphon around this "layer" of chunks and still be ok?

THANK YOU!!!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/blakester

Looks like a cow to me.


What I always recommend in these cases is to taste the beer. If it tastes infected, then it's infected. If it tastes good then don't worry about it.

If it tastes/smells good, drink it.

I left this beer in the primary for 1 week, and then transferred it (carefully) to a secondary, dry hopped and it has remained for a week and 1/2. I found these white "iceberg chunks" today.

1. What is this?

2. Can/Should I still bottle my beer/drink it?

3. Can I siphon around this "layer" of chunks and still be ok?

THANK YOU!!!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/blakester

I left this beer in the primary for 1 week, and then transferred it (carefully) to a secondary, dry hopped and it has remained for a week and 1/2. I found these white "iceberg chunks" today.

1. What is this?

2. Can/Should I still bottle my beer/drink it?

3. Can I siphon around this "layer" of chunks and still be ok?

THANK YOU!!!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/blakester

Unless of course one of your frat buddies threw an old wash rag in it

You already posted this in one forum. No need to spam other forums with the same question.

Dude, seriously. Stop posting this on every forum.

Sorry, I just didn't know where to put this and I couldn't find anything on the web that looked like this/ any explanation.

weirdboy said:

Dude, seriously. Stop posting this on every forum.

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Or you could answer his question.

I'm definitely no expert and I've never seen anything like that before. It looks like something isn't right though. The important thing is that nothing can grow in your beer that is going to hurt you or your friends. Like others said, if it still tastes ok......drink it. If not.....then it's up to you what you do with it.

Either way, I'd go back and look at your process and see where potential baddies could have gotten in. Give everything a good cleaning/sterilization.

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

fyi, I bottled today, chilled one and tried it.


it was really really great.
I don't know what was hanging out in the fermenter but apparently it did no harm.