Recent content by whiskeypig

Brewbrew, hard to tell with such a blurry picture, could certainly be infected but impossible to tell if those are bubbles, rafts or foam clumps and the constistency of such given the quality. If you can give a better picture or an olfactory report that will make diagnosis easier

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Those are yeast flocs. Just because fermentation isn't visibly vigorous, doesn't mean it's not happening.

pstereo, looks infected. Just to be sure grab a sample of the head and feel it - should feel slimy like mucous or lard. Obviously off putting smell would indicate as well - I'd expect a mixture of sweat, barn and vinegar based on the visual. Ive seen similar looking heads in unlautered mashes...

Hmm, after seeing these better pictures I'm singing a different tune. You are most likely okay. Two questions: Is the head mucoid in texture? Touch a bit with a spoon and feel it with your fingers, such a consistency is characteristic of acetobacter. Are the bubbles in the head coated at...

Once again - this is a contaminated wort, the telling signs are highlighted in my zoomed in screenshot below. The connecting spiderweb-like spindles, the very much white film that has accumulated around the rim, as well as which is coating the bubbles (unless the white effect is caused by the...

This is infected with lacto at the least

@baja Looks like lacto had its way. In a big way - assuming this isn't what it looked like last time. Drink it up Person above me, looks like the beginning of an infection. Those sort of iceberg looking chunks that float on top are, in my experience and to the best of my knowledge, not...

That's your best bet if it hasn't gotten too funky yet. But by all means you can try and rack a small amount into secondary just for kicks if you want to see if it takes to the berries well.

This is lacto, telltale signs are the film covered bubbles and the planetary landscape looking spindly spider threads. Racking under it is definitely the move, although you will not remove the infection by dong so and it would look just like this after some time in secondary. Whatever you want...

No. Looks to be too early in the fermentation to say, at any rate.

Lacto + Aceto infection (Commercial distillery, 750gal mash). Notice the film covered bubbles in the gaps of the aceto landscape.

Hard to tell from the picture - if the bubbles are unchanging and covered by a sight film, or pelicle, as seems to be the case, then this is early stage lacto and or aceto. Smell and taste will be big indicators as well. If there is an unpleasant sourness and/or spoiled dairy odors, then the...

Early stage lacto infection