Enter the "I" word here...

[Jbloader]

So, this is my third Mr. Beer brew, and my sixth brew altogether (three partials...two bottled and an Imperial Stout still cooking) and this is a first.

So, I ask, with all the humbleness of a new brewer...is this an infection?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/59500680@N04/5444058994/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/59500680@N04/5444059178/


I would not ask but the white large bubble groups has me concerned.

Now all this being said. This particular batch I was UBER careful with while my first Plae Ale with Mr. Beer I actually stuck my arm in because I dropped a spoon in it. To have this one get infected and the other not be infected is just BS.

Oppinions?

BTW, I am going to bottle it and try it regardless. :cross:

 

[fezzersc]

looks like bubbles to me.

 

[jonmohno]

Yeast rafts. Thats what it looks like to me. Give it more time before botteling. Ps. dont breathe so heavy in your beer. in the future./ Ha. Something to think about. <Not that this has anything to do with the pics.>

 

[Hockeyhunter99]

you look fine. just normal bubbles and flocs

 

[Jbloader]

LOL. Now I really feel like the Noob I am. I looked at an "I#$%@" thread this week and the white stuff look of these worried the hell out of me.

I have been primed because this was my experimental beer. I used an all Mr. Beer recipe and then did the exact same one with DME and SAFALE 50 as was recommended on this site. My goal is to sample both and see the difference. I guess it is still on.

Thanks for the replies and sorry for the "apocalypse question."

BTW, this has been fermenting for 3.5 weeks. Still more time?

 

[brewit2it]

LOL. Now I really feel like the Noob I am. I looked at an "I#$%@" thread this week and the white stuff look of these worried the hell out of me.

I have been primed because this was my experimental beer. I used an all Mr. Beer recipe and then did the exact same one with DME and SAFALE 50 as was recommended on this site. My goal is to sample both and see the difference. I guess it is still on.

Thanks for the replies and sorry for the "apocalypse question."

BTW, this has been fermenting for 3.5 weeks. Still more time?

If that is after 3.5 weeks it could be lactobacillus. Then again it could just be yeast. You should take a hydro reading and see what it tastes like. S-05 should be well past done by 3.5 weeks unless you are fermenting at a really low temp.

 

[Jbloader]

It was just under 65 degrees so I let it go a little long. It tasted fine and the reading was good (would have to get up and get it and I am too lazy) so I am probably being paranoid. Also, there was no "spreading" growth pattern. I was very careful placing the frermenter and the bubbles were randomly spaced.

It appears that lactobacillus is very organized as it develops. Thanks for the replies again, but I will monitor this in the bottles and taste test to verify.

Also, in two to three weeks time I will repost to say whether the beer tasted good or like sweaty baboon balls.

Thanks again,

JB