Emergency! Infection? 80 Gallons

[Cold_Steel]

Thanks guys. I really dont have the means to filter just yet. However I may need to find the means.
Was anymore info revealed in post #28

 

[glockentalk]

Ok so the white stuff on top tastes like oranges which was used in the recipe.

That's probably your answer: some oily residue from the oranges. Nothing to worry about.

 

[ChshreCat]

That's probably your answer: some oily residue from the oranges. Nothing to worry about.

That's just what I was thinking it could be. That's a huge volume there, so you're going to see some strange things that folks doing 5 and 10 gallon batches might not experience. If you used the orange peels, that could be orange oil floating on the top and coagulating with something else in the beer, making some sort of scum.

 

[Cold_Steel]

God I hope so guys LOL. I couldnt sleep at all last night.

 

[slouch]

Thanks guys. I really dont have the means to filter just yet. However I may need to find the means.
Was anymore info revealed in post #28

To me it sounds more and more like protien or mineral scum like I mentioned earlier. Boiling milk makes a protien scum on top. Enzyme activity could produce it at colder temps.

I would bottle a 6 pack. Take 1-2 gallons and boil it with finings and reintroduce slowly to the main batch. If you don't blend it slowly and really mix it in, the finings will just sit on top of the batch.

Let the finings sit for 1-2 weeks or untill it is clear. Meanwhile you have a 6 pack which you should be able to see how well it settles out without the finings.

 

[CDbrews]

I had something like that on a 25 gallon batch of stout a couple weeks ago. i wanted to fill a keg so a took the small cap off the fermenter and saw something that looked the exact same. I filled the keg anyway and it was great. wasnt the same taste as the stout ive brewed before, it had a little bit of an oaky taste, but was delicious and a new way to enjoy a favorite beer. Im just hopin i can get it again. when i go to bottle the rest of the batch ill take some pics.

 

[Cold_Steel]

At this point, I have to say those are encouraging words. I hope it turns out for the best. I hope this is the first strain of the white funk to drop the bomb on us all.
I mean MY GOD I TASTED THAT MONKEY JUNK. I have to say I am really maturing as a brewer.
Thanks again everyone for all your help. If you look through all the post you will really see why. Anyways, Thanks!

 

[squeekysheep]

nothing nasty is going to live in that beer, or grow that quick. let your beer age bottling after 2 days is a horrible idea. if it smell good it's not an infection.

 

[ChshreCat]

nothing nasty is going to live in that beer, or grow that quick. let your beer age bottling after 2 days is a horrible idea. if it smell good it's not an infection.

That depends on your definition of "nasty"

But nothing that can kill you can live in it.

 

[Cold_Steel]

nothing nasty is going to live in that beer, or grow that quick. let your beer age bottling after 2 days is a horrible idea. if it smell good it's not an infection.

no the beer has aged now for 6 weeks. Its a unitank and i dumped the trub the in the first 2 weeks. I am going to bottle condition it for 2 months now.

 

[nealf]

Wow, I do not envy you for having to bottle 80 gallons of beer