Help, what to do with infection?

[meni0n]

Good day,

This is a Muntons Bitter coming on 3 weeks. I did a few hydrometer readings the last few days and today I opened it up and this is what I got.

I tasted it and it was fine. Should I quickly bottle it?

 

[Shred]

I'd be concerned with bottle bombs. Spray the top with StarSan and rack into a secondary (leaving the ugly stuff behind). If the "broken ice" doesn't re-develop and your gravity reading stays consistent after a week or so, go ahead and bottle.

 

[HopSong]

Guess something was not sanitized well? Hands, cup, whatever went into the bucket to get the sample? Or did you pour the sample back in? What happened?

 

[Demus]

Leave it alone, it's fine. What the SG?

 

[meni0n]

I sanitized everything with starsan before I do anything. Possible source is I had a the krausen block the air lock and I only discovered it when I came home from work so it might have been like that for hours. SG was 1.040

 

[meni0n]

So I just siphoned it to a secondary with lotsa starsan foam after I sanitized it.

 

[Dynachrome]

It's done - ready to bottle - Take a Gravity reading to be sure.

Ice doesn't bother anything.

...how much volume of Starsan did you add? That might be a problem.

 

[Yooper]

It's done - ready to bottle - Take a Gravity reading to be sure.

Ice doesn't bother anything.

...how much volume of Starsan did you add? That might be a problem.

"Ice"? That looks like a lacto crust to me!

 

[ny101]

I'd be concerned about bottle bombs, if we are taking votes.

 

[meni0n]

There was no off smell or off flavor but it might just be the beginning. Or should I not even bother keep it in the secondary and just dump it?

 

[Shred]

"Ice"? That looks like a lacto crust to me!

^ Thank you. Don't ever ignore a white film. It's not normal.

 

[Dynachrome]

"Ice"? That looks like a lacto crust to me!

I see that now.

 

[meni0n]

Since I was days from bottling it, should I just put it in my cold room to bring the temperature down since there is no fermentation left to do?

 

[Demus]

Analyze the crap out of it if you want, but if it tastes and smells good why would even think about dumping it???

 

[VladOfTrub]

The 1920s ad from Schitz is somewhat right..... If the Bitter went haywire, name it after a Belgian beer. Then, it will be OK.