The film on top of my secondary is something I am familiar with, but this looks a bit funkier than I am used to. I added pureed and heated nectarines and boiled lemon iced tea my wife didn't like. I thought I killed all bugs.
Does this look like mold?
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I thought so, but the light spots scared the hell out of me. Thank you.
Work started up again. So I'm making less money working almost as many hours. It's a total screw.
But I'm condensing brew days into bottling days. Had a boil over yesterday because I (out of habit) stirred my boil to try to get rid of the head on it.
That works with eggs and pasta. Not wort, dummy.
You been good?
But I'm condensing brew days into bottling days. Had a boil over yesterday because I (out of habit) stirred my boil to try to get rid of the head on it.
That works with eggs and pasta. Not wort, dummy.
You been good?
drunk and confused......
i'd probably drink it myself, but i have little in the way of a self preservation instinct......
(and i hope you take your work in stride and don't let it ruin your beer buzz!)
i'd probably drink it myself, but i have little in the way of a self preservation instinct......
(and i hope you take your work in stride and don't let it ruin your beer buzz!)
No, but it could be one of the reasons for the contamination.
I'd bottle it- BUT keep those bottles safe in a plastic bin. Maybe put one in a plastic soda bottle, to monitor any fermentation starting up.
It could be something as innocuous as brettanomyces (brett) which may give that classic brett flavor, or something like wild yeast that will ferment it completely.
I will test it in a few days.
I actually bottled 12 1 liter Seltzer bottles. I ran out of bottle caps and started using my other love because I've always got Seltzer bottles. It's easy to tell when it's bottle conditioning because the bottle will feel pressurized.
I didn't want to risk this one with glass and if it's an infection, I don't want to let it safe more than a few weeks.
Thank you for the advice.
buttermilk beer! 
maybe it'll be a new fad! mouthfeel and all that!
maybe it'll be a new fad! mouthfeel and all that!
I just threw up in my mouth a little... 
RPh_Guy
Bringing Sour Back
Be careful trusting those random online articles that provide zero scientific references. They tend to just regurgitate dogma, often incorrect. For example, there's no evidence that Lactobacillus forms a pellicle.
I agree with @Yooper to go ahead and bottle it. The beer turns out to be fine in the large majority of cases. Whatever it is won't harm you.
Not mold. But definitely a pellicle.
Drink them if they taste good. When they get too sour to drink, consider using it as 'malt vinegar' if it gets that way.
Drink them if they taste good. When they get too sour to drink, consider using it as 'malt vinegar' if it gets that way.
I tried stepping up yeast from a couple of Chimay bottles and it looked exactly like that after about the fourth step up. If you let it go long enough, those white, powdery bubbles take over the entire surface and form a pellicle. If you swirl them around and try to make them floc/sink, they just come back. The longer you wait, the more it grows.
I successfully grew the Chimay yeast, but I also successfully grew something like you have. My starter definitely tasted and smelled off, so I never ended up using it to brew with.
If I was you, I'd cautiously watch it and maybe drink (at your own risk). If it smells and tastes OK, it might be fine. Then again, I got food poisoning once and I'd trade the time and cost of a brew day not to feel that way again.
I successfully grew the Chimay yeast, but I also successfully grew something like you have. My starter definitely tasted and smelled off, so I never ended up using it to brew with.
If I was you, I'd cautiously watch it and maybe drink (at your own risk). If it smells and tastes OK, it might be fine. Then again, I got food poisoning once and I'd trade the time and cost of a brew day not to feel that way again.
mashpaddled
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Definitely a pellicle and not mold.
I transfer half of my brew from primary to a racking vessel, then bottle from there.
Then add any adjuncts to my primary vessel. I call it secondary because it's a secondary fermenting but in the same vessel. It's worked well, but I didn't use frozen fruit, which I normally do.
I try to freeze and boil all fruit and boil anything else, including honey and sugar.
Then add any adjuncts to my primary vessel. I call it secondary because it's a secondary fermenting but in the same vessel. It's worked well, but I didn't use frozen fruit, which I normally do.
I try to freeze and boil all fruit and boil anything else, including honey and sugar.
