Greetings everyone, I'm coming to the pros on this site to seek some guidance on if what I'm seeing in my first ever bottled batch of homebrew is some type of mold infection or simply just some unflocculated yeast.
This possible flaw is manifesting as white particulate that is floating on top of the beer inside of the bottles, and a small amount of very fine particulate clinging to the glass. I have opened 2 bottles to smell and taste (but not swallow) any of the product, during which I've found no obvious signs of off flavors/aromas.
The bottles I'm using were ran through a dishwasher and then dunked in star-san prior to use (likely not for the recommended amount of time I must admit). The finished beer was transfered using an auto-siphon that had star-san ran through it prior to coming into contact with the beer/bottles.
Picture of the concerning material attached. Thank you for any time spent replying to this noobie.
Note*: at the time of posting this i am currently chilling the bottles to see if this drops the particulate out of suspension.
This possible flaw is manifesting as white particulate that is floating on top of the beer inside of the bottles, and a small amount of very fine particulate clinging to the glass. I have opened 2 bottles to smell and taste (but not swallow) any of the product, during which I've found no obvious signs of off flavors/aromas.
The bottles I'm using were ran through a dishwasher and then dunked in star-san prior to use (likely not for the recommended amount of time I must admit). The finished beer was transfered using an auto-siphon that had star-san ran through it prior to coming into contact with the beer/bottles.
Picture of the concerning material attached. Thank you for any time spent replying to this noobie.
Note*: at the time of posting this i am currently chilling the bottles to see if this drops the particulate out of suspension.