Um, what is this floating in my Secondary?

I bought Northern Brewer's Kinderweisse Limited Edition kit. Primary went okay, my OG was a little low. I racked it into my secondary and this morning I was going to rack it into a keg when I noticed this.




I realize this is a sour beer, no boil, and it gets its sourness from bacteria, right? But are we talking about the difference between mold on blue cheese and mold on cheddar cheese? (My wife came up with that comparison )

What do you guys think?

 

Looks like mold to me. I'd rack it to a keg ASAP and avoid that little bit.

 

Toxic slime mold.

 

Wait, I'm not experienced with laco and brett. Is this the start of the pellicle?

 

Looks like a frog!,

Sorry, no help!!

 

It looks like caulk, sort of.

Weird.

 

Kinda looks like a dog to me. A tiny dog swimming in your secondary. Sorry not much help. I would get it into the keg as advised above.

 

Not sure that's such a good idea anymore. Maybe some folks that know sours better than me can come and chime in. If this recipe uses brett, then you're in for a long time in that secondary.

 

yeast used was Wyeast 3191 Berliner Weiss, per the kit's recommendation

 

In my limited experience I would say that is not the start of a pellicle (for me they start more a thin film than a blob). I think it looks like mold.

 

Looks like Bird Crap to me......?????

 

haha.

so the million dollar question: Rack it or Dump it?

 

NO!NO!NO!NO!NO!

The only question here is rack it now or rack it later.

DO NOT DUMP IT!

If this is just the brett working, then you probably want to wait it out. If it's mold, rack from under it and keg as normal. This is NOT a dumper!

 

Actually those two molds are the same, especially if you put your blue cheese on the same plate or board and then store them away. The mold from the blue will carry over to the cheddar.

I'm really not sure what that is in your beer.

 

I agree, Frog.

 

No. Sea turtle covered with oil from the BP spill

 

Post these pictures in the lambic section, those weirdos will know what it is.

 

posted it up over there too

 

Just have to say... regardless of how the poll turns out, if you dump this you are a fool.

 

I've never seen anything like that in any of my sour beers. I'd rack from under it ASAP personally. Definitely don't toss it though.

 

That kinda looks like fish skin to me. Have you eaten seafood this week? You didn't get drunk and do something silly, did you?

 

FG is 1022

Doesnt taste bad, the description on NB compared it to a lemonade like sourness. I do get some lemonade like taste. I supposed I'll rack it and see what it tastes like carbonated.

 

Go for it. Dumping it won't let you know anything. Please continue to post updates, I'm curious as to what happens.

 

I say it's a frog with fetal alcohol syndrome...

tasteless joke. rack it, carb it, chill it, try it. If it sucks then, well, dump it.

 

definitely a frog. and i agree, maybe lambic weirdos will know what's up with this

 

Rack immediately. You will likely be fine as long as the acidity is pretty high.

 

Write in on the poll: RALPH NADER!!

 

It looks like a fungus. Maybe you could just scrape it off? :/

 

2 guys in my club had a regular beer that soured on them. 2 years later, they won a gold at bluebonnet with it. like ChshreCat says (and i WILL NOT argue with him), keep it if you can

 

Kraken!Get a harpoon now.

 

Sorry I got excited. Rack that brew, age, consume. Do not be a scared.

 

+1 I'd lay money it'll be a brew you look back on and think was one of your better ones.

 

well, i'm embarrassed.

i can hear the "i told you so"'s now



i didn't make time to rack it into the keg, checked it 10 mins ago and found that. :sigh:

 

I just kegged it. Worst case I dump it.

It didn't smell funky while racking, maybe it'll be okay

 

Read this post and you will be optimistic about the finished product.

http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/nev...virtue-time-heals-all-things-even-beer-73254/

 

You said it's a Flanders or something right? That's the start of a pellicle.

 

Man, that made me laugh tears....

 

To me it looks like a frog swimming laps, definitely not pellicle. I had a layer of pellicle form on a wheat beer I bottled 2 weeks ago. The beer tasted fine and had an interesting lemon taste that wasn't bitter or sour. I put 2 bottles in the fridge yesterday and I'm going to drink them on Sunday.


Pellicle Floating On Wheat Beer

 

The first pic I don't know what is (I agree it looks like a frog), but the second pic looks exactly how every pellicle I've ever had has started.

 

OP, did you say no boil??