Hi, everyone.
This is a follow-up to my earlier post:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/what-growing-top-210126/
Well, a week and a half has passed and now my bottles have this weird flaky stuff growing on the inside of the bottles all around the side walls:
http://imgur.com/PLtjk.jpg
This is not in suspension-- it is actually attached to the inside of the bottle... Well, there is some stuff also floating in suspension, but most flakes have affixed themselves to the bottle.
This is my 3rd batch [although my first Cooper's Canadian Blond], and I've never seen this phenomenon before.
Likewise, there is something floating on top of the beer, somewhat akin to what I saw in the carboy (which I showed my my original thread, although the photos were pretty bad):
http://imgur.com/4jQUh.jpg
This is not carbonation, as far as I can tell. It doesn't dissipate-- it maintains its own integrity pretty well.
Of course, there is also a mini yeast cake growing on the bottom of the bottle.
I drank a couple of bottles-- the stuff is still pretty green, but it didn't kill me. It didn't taste awful (maybe the alcohol was too high for such a light beer, though-- tasted sort of 'fruity', but then pretty 'alcoholy', if that makes sense).
But what is this crazy stuff inside the bottles? The optimist inside me wants to believe it's yeast, but I've never seen yeast stick to the sides of the bottle like this before, or float on top.
Anyone have any experience with this?
Please tell me to RDWHAHB
Thanks
This is a follow-up to my earlier post:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/what-growing-top-210126/
Well, a week and a half has passed and now my bottles have this weird flaky stuff growing on the inside of the bottles all around the side walls:
http://imgur.com/PLtjk.jpg
This is not in suspension-- it is actually attached to the inside of the bottle... Well, there is some stuff also floating in suspension, but most flakes have affixed themselves to the bottle.
This is my 3rd batch [although my first Cooper's Canadian Blond], and I've never seen this phenomenon before.
Likewise, there is something floating on top of the beer, somewhat akin to what I saw in the carboy (which I showed my my original thread, although the photos were pretty bad):
http://imgur.com/4jQUh.jpg
This is not carbonation, as far as I can tell. It doesn't dissipate-- it maintains its own integrity pretty well.
Of course, there is also a mini yeast cake growing on the bottom of the bottle.
I drank a couple of bottles-- the stuff is still pretty green, but it didn't kill me. It didn't taste awful (maybe the alcohol was too high for such a light beer, though-- tasted sort of 'fruity', but then pretty 'alcoholy', if that makes sense).
But what is this crazy stuff inside the bottles? The optimist inside me wants to believe it's yeast, but I've never seen yeast stick to the sides of the bottle like this before, or float on top.
Anyone have any experience with this?
Please tell me to RDWHAHB
Thanks