ashrivers86
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The San Diego just kicked up. Tmrw it should be in full burp. I removed all the mold from the top so hopefully none grew back in the lack of O2.
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kombat
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FYI, you cannot "remove" mold by simply skimming it off the top. The film on the top is just a symptom. If you have mold in your beer, it's throughout the solution, not isolated to the surface.
Looks like the start of Brett... Or what I got, most of it is guessing. It starts out with white filmy bubbles here and there then completely covers the top.
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First time working with Apple juice. This is what it looks like after one day. Should i just let it ride or what the f is going on here? Why does that krausen look like sea sponge haha View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1417876079.315122.jpg
First time working with Apple juice. This is what it looks like after one day. Should i just let it ride or what the f is going on here? Why does that krausen look like sea sponge haha View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1417876079.315122.jpg
lowtones84
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For now let it ride for sure. Although it's cider, it looks like break material when brewing beer plus some small bubbles from co2 coming out of solution. My bet is that you're fine.
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Okay thanks man, it's just those white specs on top that were bothering me like I said, it's a graff (1 part beer/3 parts cider) so maybe it's just breaking weird
Ya I use reused yeast in mine each time and different results but I've had that as well.
Just curious to know if this might be infected as i have never had one that is. It actually tasted nicely hoppy (chinook) with a nice hop aroma smell. It tasted nothing i could identify as infection other than looks.
Just wondering what those floating things are?
Dead yeast or something worse?
Just wondering what those floating things are?
Dead yeast or something worse?
yewtah-brewha
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Just curious to know if this might be infected as i have never had one that is. It actually tasted nicely hoppy (chinook) with a nice hop aroma smell. It tasted nothing i could identify as infection other than looks.
Just wondering what those floating things are?
Dead yeast or something worse?
Looks normal I believe krausen. If you rack to a secondary it shouldnt re-appear. all my normal eers look like that after primary ferm is done.
StrongBad42
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Smells like fingernail polish remover too.
What style yeast and temp did you ferment?
Strongbad42, that looks like a normal krausen to me. How long has it been in the fermenter?
IDK why ppl ITT cant identify an infection. That pic isnt the best but looks like an infection to me. Post a better pic. I see those big bubbles and that isnt normal.
Foamy, bubbly krausen, even a thick one, can be normal. Having said that, look at the upper 1/3 to the right in the pic. Do I see white streaky tinge there, or is it just me?
Krausen doesnt form big fat bubbles that stay like that. And if you look at the pic you can see the Krausen ring that formed when it was at its peak. It looks to have fallen and now whats left is what the infection has put to the surface.
I've had thick, dense krausens like that that weren't infected. But I swear I saw that white streaky tinge in upper-right quadrant. Earth control, something's wrong! Can ya hear me major Tom? 
I've had thick, dense krausens like that that weren't infected. But I swear I saw that white streaky tinge in upper-right quadrant. Earth control, something's wrong! Can ya hear me major Tom?
We both agree its infected. I agree about the white streaky stuff too. BUT that krausen is not normal. Thick, dense krausen doesn't form big bubbles you see at the bottom of the pic which look like bubbles produced by lacto.
BGBC
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How many times are you going to reference major tom today?
You guys can argue over that picture all you like, but we really need more info from the brewer to make it more clear. What kind of beer& yeast, how long ago was it brewed, etc.
You guys can argue over that picture all you like, but we really need more info from the brewer to make it more clear. What kind of beer& yeast, how long ago was it brewed, etc.
My bad. Time stamp thing got me stuck on it. But thick krausens happen without infections. Sometimes do. I'm done for now...
Am i the only one that sees the krausen ring in the bucket? thats where it rose and its fallen since then. whats left is prob yeast, trub, pelicle, and lacto looking bubbles sitting on top of the beer.
BGBC
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Ok, whats your point? Are you saying im wrong? The batch is obviously infected. Look and smell he describes are strong indications.
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Ok krausen or some kind of sludge?! It just looks so thick and gross. It smells pretty good though which is a good sign I suppose, holding that malty cider smell.
Ok krausen or some kind of sludge?! It just looks so thick and gross. It smells pretty good though which is a good sign I suppose, holding that malty cider smell.
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looks fine to me.
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I had a beer that I brewed not too long ago using flaked maize for the steeping grains. It had something very similar on the top. I racked to secondary and then kegged and everyone loves it. Not sure if it was an infection or not.
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Was all excited and got up early to keg and bottle my first all grain beer. Found what I think is an infection. I've filled my mini-corney keg but shall I not bother bottling the rest? I View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1418628808.139504.jpg
Hm..those little golden/brown patches might be yeast? Never saw an infection that color.
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That is an infection, unlikely to affect the beer though, as it looks like it sitting on top, see how it tastes, bottle accordingly.
Does this look like an infection to you?
This was in secondary.
I have bottled it since then. OG 1.45 and FG 1.12.
I have tasted it on bottling day and it was a bit sour, but the kit I purchased says there are citrus and apricot flavours so I suppose that explains it.
I used a dry yeast that took about 36 hours to start making a krausen.
This was in secondary.
I have bottled it since then. OG 1.45 and FG 1.12.
I have tasted it on bottling day and it was a bit sour, but the kit I purchased says there are citrus and apricot flavours so I suppose that explains it.
I used a dry yeast that took about 36 hours to start making a krausen.
Ok that's what I thought too but I wasn't sure. Plus out of thousands of krausen pictures I have seen online, I had never seen such big bubbles.
Perhaps I didn't empty the Star San solution completely before I siphoned into the carboy.
Thanks!
Those look like the size bubbles I get in the blow off jug.
Knkbrand
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I have been brewing three years, 21 batches, and I just got my first infection....I think. I am making a Chocolate Espresso Imperial Stout. Primary fermentation went smooth, Transferred to secondary onto 16 oz brew coffee and 4 oz of dry cocoa mixed into the coffee. The picture is what I have 5 days into Secondary. Any ideas as to what it is and how to go forward? Thanks in advance.
Does look a little funky. Maybe from the cocoa & coffee?
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