2 spots of mold after a week but disappeared

[Schmed]

First time brewing, but 2 spots appeared that look like mold, after a week fermenting, but are now gone, lost cause ?

 

[Schmed]

After 2 weeks, same batch.

 

[Schmed]

After 2 weeks, same batch.

 

[Schmed]

I took a taste, and unbelievably delicious. Too bad, we dumped it, but my son said 9% alcohol, again, took a tiny taste in a small spoonful, and unbelievably delicious.

 

[Rish]

Should have waited for a reply! If it tastes good and smells good it's probably good. That was likely just yeast. Mold typically gets bigger not goes away. Sounds like it would have been a good beer.

 

[Kickass]

Lesson learned at this point. Next time, don’t dump. I’ve only dumped 3 or 4 batches in almost 20 years. That’s because I didn’t like the experimental recipe design, none were because the batch got funky.

 

[Schmed]

I took a taste, and unbelievably delicious. Too bad, we dumped it, but my son said 9% alcohol, again, took a tiny taste in a small spoonful, and unbelievably delicious.

 

[Schmed]

that was a piece of it

 

[Schmed]

Should have waited for a reply! If it tastes good and smells good it's probably good. That was likely just yeast. Mold typically gets bigger not goes away. Sounds like it would have been a good beer.

I was a bit nervous it was green with a white outline, but only 2-3 small spots, but like I said, I took a small taste, and really good

 

[Rish]

I was a bit nervous it was green with a white outline, but only 2-3 small spots, but like I said, I took a small taste, and really good

Understand but even if it was something maybe not so good it wouldn't hurt to have it hanging out in there for a while longer. Ah, well, we all can get impatient, especially in the early days of our brewing journey. I say whatever it is, just wait a little longer.

 

[IslandLizard]

that was a piece of it

I'm not sure what it is, but it certainly does not look like mold!

Fermentations can be quite gnarly to look at, but as long as sanitation practices are solid, there is very little concern for anything harmful living in or on your beer.

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

Yeah, kinda looked like cold break that made it's way into the fermenter but hard to say..

 

[seatazzz]

My two cents, but that looks suspiciously like something that came out of my plate chiller a few months back after I didn't let it drain completely. It was a mold (don't ask me how I know, but it was disgusting) and took forever to clean it out. I would look at all your equipment and give it as deep a clean as you can. That slimy mold can grow in lots of different places. As others have said above, if it tasted good on packaging it probably was good, however.