Am I infected?

[Kris Brew]

Hi all,

I have just taken my gravity reading and all is good with that so I'm ready to dry hop.

My worries is whether I am infected or not? The beer smells nice and fruity but had lots of bubbles sat on top.

Really I should have taken pics before I took my sample as I broke the bubbles up but if y'all could take a look and give a wee bit of advice I would really appreciate it!

 

[day_trippr]

Based on those totally normal pictures there's zero to worry about.
Carry on...

Cheers!

 

[AZCoolerBrewer]

There’s nothing at all wrong with your beer. The bubbles are called krausen and they are much thicker during the most active part of fermentation. You can see how high the krausen reached by the line in your bucket above the beer line. It looks like you had an active healthy fermentation.

 

[blubrewbbq]

Perfectly normal. Enjoy your brew!

 

[HomeBrewMasterRace]

My beer looked like that when I dry hopped and it turned out delicious! Its just co2 bubbles

Enjoy!

 

[RPh_Guy]

I'm guessing Saccharomyces cerevisiae got into your wort somehow and started growing.

 

[davidabcd]

Least scary picture I've seen by someone who's worried if their beer is infected.

 

[HomeBrewMasterRace]

I'm guessing Saccharomyces cerevisiae got into your wort somehow and started growing.

This is the best comment on an infected beer thread I've ever read

 

[ProblemChild]

I'm guessing Saccharomyces cerevisiae got into your wort somehow and started growing.

I hate it when that happens

 

[AZCoolerBrewer]

I hate it when that happens

The only thing worse is to get a saccharomyces pastorianus infection.

 

[Kris Brew]

Haha thanks for the replies guys.

This is my second batch and compared to the first fermentation this was far more active (didn't have nearly the amount of bubbles). So I did a bit of googling which is generally a good thing.. but in this case it was no different to diagnosing a cold myself and having Google tell me I'm going to die in a matter of days!!lol

Maaaan I was thinking it smells too good in that FV to be infected but got myself all paranoid.

 

[George MacDonald]

this is infected.

 

[RPh_Guy]

this is infected.

View attachment 601027

Looks like a lot of what I make

 

[George MacDonald]

Looks like a lot of what I make

wuaaaaahahahahahha!! noooo!! seriously? oh dude, please brother.... tell me... what is your process and do you bottle, carbonate and drink the liquid beneath this pellicle? How does it work and how do you like it?

 

[RPh_Guy]

I have a Flanders red ale and a Lambic style fermenting/bulk aging, as well as some funky mead and cider aging. My batches of wild ale are still bottle conditioning (where it reformed a pellicle).
They all taste and smell terrific!

Delicious mixed fermentation Brett beers/whatever are not at all difficult to make and commercial examples are difficult to find and generally cost $10-20 USD per bottle. It's a no-brainer.

 

[day_trippr]

For those that haven't seen this awesome collection...

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/threads/pellicle-photo-collection.174033/

Cheers! (what blows my mind is some of those were intentional )

 

[Kris Brew]

Update... It most certainly wasn't infected and the brew was bloody brilliant! Everyone who tasted it thought it was great and I didn't get to drink enough of it!ha

Happy days!