Infected or fine?

[Caboose]

I brewed a Mesquite Wheat which has been looking great. I was about to keg it last weekend and noticed some kind of "film" across the top, so I decided to wait a few days to see what happened. Not much has changed since then, but I don't know if I should keg or dump.

I haven't don't a taste test, but smell wise, it doesn't smell too badly.

 

[Caboose]

Picture of what I am seeing

 

[RPh_Guy]

Yep, that's called a pellicle. You have some kind of wild yeast and/or bacteria.

If it smells and tastes fine make sure gravity is stable for a week or so and then keg.

 

[Caboose]

Thanks @RPh_Guy

 

[Caboose]

If everything tastes fine and I keg it, should I try to skim this off the top, or just break a hole and use a racking cane to not disturb it?

 

[RPh_Guy]

Doesn't matter if you disturb the pellicle. The microbe(s) are throughout the beer.

Take special care to clean anything that contacts the contaminated beer.

What's the blue thing in the picture?

 

[Caboose]

It's an iSpindel hydrometer

 

[Blackdirt_cowboy]

Looks like a lacto infection to me.

 

[azmark]

Hydrometer also infected? If you keg, that keg will also be infected. Keg will be easier to clean.