Infected?

[travcam]

Brewed 15 gallons of American ale. 10 went in this 60 liter speidel plastic fermenter and 5 went in a traditional 6.5 gallon glass carboy.

Both had a starter made from harvested third generation wyeast American ale. The glass carboy didn't have this mold looking crust, but the plastic carboy did.

it doesn't taste infected, but honestly I've never been able to spot minor infections by taste - my pallet just isn't refined enough for it. But the white mold stikes me the wrong way.

Anyone seen this in their past?

 

[ncbrewer]

You might get some help if you post in this thread: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=71400

 

[daksin]

It looks weird, but not necessarily bacterial. Could just be some protein that clumped up in a weird way. If you can't distinguish the beers by taste, I'd say you don't have a problem.

 

[travcam]

Just to follow up... I kegged this and drank it. It tasted fine. Whatever it was it didn't affect the taste.