barleyhole
Well-Known Member
So, this is a first after 15 batches of beer.
I made Thunderstruck pumpkin ale. Mini mash with some pale malt, specialty grains, and a lot of extract, plus 60 oz of pumpkin. Pitched with some S-04. Fermentation went fast at 68 degrees. Racked after 1 week to secondary.
Now, it has been in secondary for 4 days. I checked on it tonight and it has weird floaty things in it. It was completely clear when I racked it...and I was sure to not get much trub/sediment into secondary. The floaties almost look like little fungi, some are attached to the glass above beer. However, they almost look like coagulated proteins...though they haven't settled yet.
I'm worried that the beer is contaminated, though it smells fine through the airlock. I say this because I checked the gravity when I racked it and it was 1.012 (down from 1.052), so I think fermentation was done. Also, after I put it in secondary, I added a "pumpkin spice tea" which was essentially a cup of heated water with pumpkin spice in it. I used either Britta or spring water, can't remember which, but I'm worried I didn't heat it enough (certainly not to a boil).
I do notice quite a bit of yeast sediment at the bottom of the carboy however, so maybe fermentation was not done or adding the warm spice tea got it going again...but what are the floaties?! Krausen? Need to call John Madden? I suppose I'll see what happens, go to bottle and it see if it tastes bad. Anyone had this happen before? I'd be sad if this were my first mishap
I made Thunderstruck pumpkin ale. Mini mash with some pale malt, specialty grains, and a lot of extract, plus 60 oz of pumpkin. Pitched with some S-04. Fermentation went fast at 68 degrees. Racked after 1 week to secondary.
Now, it has been in secondary for 4 days. I checked on it tonight and it has weird floaty things in it. It was completely clear when I racked it...and I was sure to not get much trub/sediment into secondary. The floaties almost look like little fungi, some are attached to the glass above beer. However, they almost look like coagulated proteins...though they haven't settled yet.
I'm worried that the beer is contaminated, though it smells fine through the airlock. I say this because I checked the gravity when I racked it and it was 1.012 (down from 1.052), so I think fermentation was done. Also, after I put it in secondary, I added a "pumpkin spice tea" which was essentially a cup of heated water with pumpkin spice in it. I used either Britta or spring water, can't remember which, but I'm worried I didn't heat it enough (certainly not to a boil).
I do notice quite a bit of yeast sediment at the bottom of the carboy however, so maybe fermentation was not done or adding the warm spice tea got it going again...but what are the floaties?! Krausen? Need to call John Madden? I suppose I'll see what happens, go to bottle and it see if it tastes bad. Anyone had this happen before? I'd be sad if this were my first mishap
