schneemann
Well-Known Member
It was bound to happen eventually. After nearly a year of brewing, I got an infected batch.
Today I found that one of the carboys from my recent batch of California Common had gotten an infection, as seen in the images below.
I have a pretty good idea what caused this: Unsanitized water (plain ole tap water) in the airlock, leaking into the fermenting wort. The damn airlock kept leaking and I kept stupidly adding water to it.
My question(s) are:
1) Can this batch be salvaged at all? Can I rack the fermented beer out from under this stuff and be OK? If so, when?
2) What should I do with this carboy now that there has been an infection in it?
TIA
Today I found that one of the carboys from my recent batch of California Common had gotten an infection, as seen in the images below.
I have a pretty good idea what caused this: Unsanitized water (plain ole tap water) in the airlock, leaking into the fermenting wort. The damn airlock kept leaking and I kept stupidly adding water to it.
My question(s) are:
1) Can this batch be salvaged at all? Can I rack the fermented beer out from under this stuff and be OK? If so, when?
2) What should I do with this carboy now that there has been an infection in it?
TIA