egrimmer
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I'm very attentive to sterilization but I'm wondering why my Oktoberfest I bottled today has a rubbery, moldy looking patch on the surface of the secondary?
The only thing I can think of is this is my first secondary, I didn't use an airlock, should I have? It was in secondary for almost 6 weeks with the lid sealed in my basement which was around 54F.
I tasted my FG sample and it tasted fine, the surface had a very strong alcohol smell to it but it didn't taste that way. The FG was 1.020
See attached, thanks for your help. I'm drinking it either way unless it tastes horrible.
The only thing I can think of is this is my first secondary, I didn't use an airlock, should I have? It was in secondary for almost 6 weeks with the lid sealed in my basement which was around 54F.
I tasted my FG sample and it tasted fine, the surface had a very strong alcohol smell to it but it didn't taste that way. The FG was 1.020
See attached, thanks for your help. I'm drinking it either way unless it tastes horrible.