Let it ride. Looks like yeast/hops residue to me.
Bucket was from Lowe's, but food grade. Yeah, that's fuzz, not a reflection.Is that white fuzzy mold or just a reflection from the flash in the bucket? i would dump this if it were mine.
Also where did you get this bucket?
Thanks, I'll remember that for next time.I'm no expert, but from the pics it looks like there is a lot of head space in the fermenter. A blanket of CO2 will keep nasties away but u can only ask so much of it. In my experience, you want the fermenter to be at least 2/3 to 3/4 full to help the CO2 do it's thing and not let household air get a leg up.
I was meticulous about cleaning stuff, which was all new anyway, bleached the windowless room I stored it in, turned off the lights, closed the door, and didn't open the door until I took these pictures. Assuming that it's contaminated, what could I have done wrong? And assuming it's okay, does yeast/hops produce residues in five different colors? (white, black, green, tan, pink).
Yeah, had a lid, but will use an airlock too next time.You don't say whether you had a lid on the bucket? If not, I'd guess that's how it got infected.
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