Lactose or Infection

[sandman24]

Has anyone used Lactose in a Porter or Stout and noticed a white film during fermentation. I'm making a Milk Chocolate Porter and used 3/4 of a pound of lactose during the last 15 minutes of boil. I have transferred to secondary where it has been sitting for a little over a week and I have noticed I have a white milky film floating on top. I am pretty sure I dont have an infection but I have never seen anything like this before... Has anyone else seen this? Please ease my mind... I will mention that I added some cocoa nibs and a vanilla bean in the secondary and didnt try to sanitize either. Still I dont think I have an infection.

 

[annasdadhockey]

Need pictures to be sure

 

[sandman24]

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[sandman24]

Hope you can see whats going on by the pic... im still a little new to adding pics to a post. You can see the white film in the middle of the pic and the cocoa nibs in the back.

 

[Nurmey]

I have to vote normal beer sludge and weird floaties that pop up in secondary.

 

[z987k]

That's a pellicle. I have 3 of them on beers right now.

Brett or lacto would be my bet.

Take a taste, see how it's doing.