Does this look infected

[kja5070]

Hi everybody,
I have some funky looking beer. I made a pumpkin ale a while ago and dont think it looks too great. I left it in the primary for quite a while, maybe 2 months. I then racked it into a bucket and just checked it out. It has been in the bucket for probably another 2 months. I dont know what to make of it, hopefully its still ok to bottle.

 

[drhookmec]

Looks fine to me.
How's it taste?
If it tastes good i'd go ahead and bottle.

 

[aubiecat]

Looks fine to me. Rack it!

 

[JimTheHick]

If the smell doesnt revolt, you must taste it.

Is the gravity still within normal finishing range?

 

[homebrewdad]

Another vote for "it looks fine from here."

 

[PhelanKA7]

It looks like one of those ugly dogs. And from the looks of it it wants to bite your hand off!

Better drink it quick!

 

[headbanger]

Nope, not infected.

You would know from the smell, trust me.

 

[Revvy]

The surface of our beer is rarely free of stuff, oils, yeast rafts, bits of hops. Nothing to worry about.

 

[Stauffbier]

Hi everybody,
I have some funky looking beer. I made a pumpkin ale a while ago and dont think it looks too great. I left it in the primary for quite a while, maybe 2 months. I then racked it into a bucket and just checked it out. It has been in the bucket for probably another 2 months. I dont know what to make of it, hopefully its still ok to bottle.

I'd be more worried about the fact you racked it to a bucket with that much headspace as a secondary for 2 months!

 

[Dan]

Same thing Stauffbier said.

 

[kja5070]

Thanks for the info everybody. I tasted it and its not too bad, im going to go ahead and bottle it. Can someone inform me what the deal is with the head space. Apparently i dont want too much head space but what does that affect?

 

[Stauffbier]

Thanks for the info everybody. I tasted it and its not too bad, im going to go ahead and bottle it. Can someone inform me what the deal is with the head space. Apparently i dont want too much head space but what does that affect?

When you do a secondary you want as little head space as possible since the beer is making very little (if any) co2 at that point. Without the co2 "blanket" oxygen gets in the head space. After 2 months the oxygen will likely have made it into your beer. That's why a lot of people only do a primary and never open the bucket to keep the protective layer of co2 on top...

 

[dinnerstick]

if your beer got a lot of oxygen after fermentation then it's not going to store very well, so if it tastes good now then get thirsty and get at it

 

[JimTheHick]

if your beer got a lot of oxygen after fermentation then it's not going to store very well, so if it tastes good now then get thirsty and get at it

It's a dark beer, so it's going to develop a nice 'English character'. Cardboard goes better with dark grains!

 

[smurfwar]

Every time I see that title i think of someone at a urinal turning to the guy next to him and asking "this look infected to you?"
Lol