Fermentation time - mold?

[surferatdelmar]

Looking for some advice....

I currently have three 5-gallon batches fermenting and I'm worried that there may be some mold developing in the glass carboy. My fermentation lock is totally sealed and the tube leads into a small bucket with some bleach in it. Two of the batches have been fermenting for about 4 weeks and a batch that was fermenting for about 6 weeks, I just kegged.

Has anyone else experienced any issues like this?
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[zachattack]

Looks like krausen/yeast to me. The bleach would scare me much more. Join the 21st century and use Star san.

 

[xpops]

Yup - just looks like krausen residue. I'm with Zach - get that bleach away from your brew, and starsan it up!

 

[slym2none]

Yeah, I don't see anything that looks like mold. Just krausen.

And agreed about the bleach - that would frighten me, just having the fumes from a small-diameter tube near my beer.

 

[surferatdelmar]

Thanks for the advice. Wasn't too worried that it'd be anything major and it sounds like it's not!

Haven't had any issues with the bleach, I dilute it so it's not really strong but I'll move to the star San. I've started using it to clean and it's way better than anything else.

 

[xpops]

Starsan won't actually clean anything. It's just a sanitizer. Use something like PBW for cleaning, rinse, then use starsan to sanitize.