Infection!? Before and after pics

[themanc84]

I brewed a bourbon barrel porter extract kit. I had it in the primary for three weeks. It tasted great when I transferred to the secondary.

After transferring I noticed tiny bubbles. I asked a friend and he confirmed that it was nothing. After adding the oak, bourbon, and vanilla beans, I noticed that the bubbles increased in size covering a lot of the surface area.

I'm just curious if it is an infection or if this is normal. I posted two pics of before I added the bourbon, and one pic of how it looks now, Thanks

 

[FirstAidBrewing]

Did you, just dump in the oak and vanilla? Or did you sanitize them in some way (alcohol soak, warm water bath)?

 

[wysiwyg]

Looks like secondary fermentation to me. There are several threads devoted to infection picture on HBT - check them out for comparison.

 

[texwake]

Normal, Just some extra fermentation.

 

[kombat]

Just looks like regular CO2 to me.

 

[douglasbarbin]

Looks normal to me.

 

[TinyHands]

I think it looks good. Probably smells amazing, too. Jealous, really.

 

[unionrdr]

Looks like a bit of krausen from the vanilla beans creating nucleation points to me.

 

[themanc84]

Thank you, I'm very pleased to hear the positive responses! I soaked the oak in makers mark for two weeks.

 

[ShoalPoint]

Agreed looks like a secondary fermentation to me also.

 

[Sir-Hops-A-Lot]

That definitely looks like an infection.
Send me the carboy as is and I'll be able to tell you more...

 

[texwake]

That definitely looks like an infection.
Send me the carboy as is and I'll be able to tell you more...

I agree but its better to send it to two 3rd partys instead of one for verification. Samples might not make it back to you but at least you will have clarity of the situation.