First Infection... maybe

[stevenryals]

dont have a pic.. but thin white film formed during a 2 wk primary... had some big bubbles, about 1" in diameter on top of the beer (solid white) and not much of the normal kraussen gunk on the walls of the primary...

racked off to secondary.. within a day.. a white film about 1/16th of an inch had formed on the top of the beer (which was in the neck of the carboy)..


thoughts?

 

[ChrisKennedy]

Pretty close to impossible to say without pictures, but I am going to hazard a guess that you don't have a pellicle forming after only 2 weeks.

It sounds more like bubbles just coming out of solution from all the racking and such.

 

[Evan!]

Sounds like an infection to me. Did it look anything like this?

That's my flanders red last year, purposely infected with roeselare blend. Sounds like what you're talking about...

 

[stevenryals]

nah, it was more like this: (ripped from photobucket)

 

[stevenryals]

like that, the film was the same, but the bubbles were different.. i've got it in a keg now.. the attenuation was low.. dropped from about 1.052 down to 1.018-1.020.. ??

 

[Evan!]

looks like an infection to me. lactobacillus and/or pediococcus, maybe.

 

[flyangler18]

looks like an infection to me. lactobacillus and/or pediococcus, maybe.

Aye - you got yourself a buggy brew. Time to reexamine the sanitizing procedures you use.

 

[Laurel]

And throw out all of your racking tubes. Don't serve that out of your kegerator if you don't want to disassemble everything that touched the beer or subsequent brews to get infected.

 

[stevenryals]

seriously.. throw it out? buy new stuff? what about the bucket? ? ?

no way to fix it eh?

 

[Bowtiebrewery]

Carboy's I am switching over to all Carboys now... I've had 2 brews go because of infections... both happened in the secondary in BUCKETS. My Cleaining process is great though...

1. Oxy clean soak and scrub
2. Star san soak
3. Rinse
4. Add Iodophor in 1 g solution and coat all pieces of bucket...

Still got infections...

Good bye plastic!

 

[IrregularPulse]

taste it first to make sure, may not be horrible.
aren't Lactobacillus and/or pediococcus bugs purposely used sometimes??
I'm not very well versed in the bug beer world.

 

[SpanishCastleAle]

taste it first to make sure, may not be horrible.
aren't Lactobacillus and/or pediococcus bugs purposely used sometimes??
I'm not very well versed in the bug beer world.

Me neither but, Biermuncher has one going right now.

 

[Captain_Bigelow]

Sorry to hijack the thread, but I didn't see the need of starting a new one about the same issue. I am totally paranoid so opened up my Bavarian Hefe which has been fermenting for a week. Is this a start of an infection too? Or is the stuff floating on top usual?

 

[SpanishCastleAle]

Looks fine to me Richie.

 

[Bowtiebrewery]

normal as could be

 

[SchizoFilly]

Sorry to hijack the thread, but I didn't see the need of starting a new one about the same issue. I am totally paranoid so opened up my Bavarian Hefe which has been fermenting for a week. Is this a start of an infection too? Or is the stuff floating on top usual?

that looks pretty normal

 

[svengoat]

Give it a shot, that'll clear it up..LOL

 

[Captain_Bigelow]

Thanks for the feedback. I have made a whole bunch of minor errors on this beer. I will be amazed if it turns out barely drinkable. Anyhow it has been a great learning tool.

 

[stevenryals]

Give it a shot, that'll clear it up..LOL

hey!! thanks for the input.. what kind of shot? tequilla?

 

[stevenryals]

richie.. that beer is completely screwed.. don't throw it away, i'm working on an antidote.. so you can just send it my way (you pay shipping) and I'll work on it from there..
thanks.. i'll let you know how it tastes

 

[SmugMug]

hey!! thanks for the input.. what kind of shot? tequilla?

Penicillin.

 

[stevenryals]

f**king @($*%&@(#$*&@)&!#%() now my brown ale has the white film on it in the secondary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! @$*%**(@*(@#*(*(@*(#(@#&&!@&$&!

I COULD NOT BE ANY MORE PISSED OFF RIGHT NOW!!

 

[stevenryals]

here's pics.. anyone know what it is?

and a little closer:

I think it may be mold.. but not sure..

 

[Yooper]

Looks like mold to me.

Any strange smell or taste to it? It doesn't really look like brett or pedio but I'm no expert.

If it smells and tastes ok, rack from under it and leave the moldy stuff behind. If it tastes sour, then it might be a lacto or pedio infection.

 

[Jaymo]

Richie, those chunks in yours are just yeast.

 

[stevenryals]

yea, I scooped a bit up with a strainer just to give myself a nice clean path in there for my auto siphon without getting it on the tip.. got it in the keg.. we'll see how it tastes.. it finised well though.. so that's good.. 1.049 down to 1.010.. and it smelled decent..

what would cause mold to get in there?

 

[Jaymo]

Did you taste a sample before kegging?

 

[stevenryals]

no, simplyk couldnt do it lol.. the thought of the mold kinda made my stomache turn a little..

but the brown ale that had this **** on it turned out fairly decent.. had some last night.. not fully carbed, but kinda tastey..

 

[shecky]

My amber looked like that, too. I racked from underneath the mold and bottled it. It has been in bottles near two months now and while it's not great, it is certainly drinkable enough that my wife is going through it like crazy. I can detect a slight off taste but my wife and friends who have tried it say it's fine.

Good luck.

 

[Yooper]

no, simplyk couldnt do it lol.. the thought of the mold kinda made my stomache turn a little..

but the brown ale that had this **** on it turned out fairly decent.. had some last night.. not fully carbed, but kinda tastey..

This is the second beer that this happened to? If it is, then you've definitely got a problem, more than likely in your plastic equipment. You can throw away all plastic, and bleach bomb anything that isn't plastic.