Infection?

[jzamora3]

Brewed an amber ale about two weeks ago. Used safale us 05. Does it look infected to you? The pockets of air on the top concern me. Krausen has been dropped for about 7 days now. I hope it's not cause this was the first time I controlled ferm temps with my new ferm chamber.

 

[Hoosierbrewer]

Chill it. You may also want to use gelatin in it. It will usually make that stuff drop

 

[Yooper]

It's hard to tell in the picture, but the yeast 'rafts' look ok. There looks to be some white slimy/ropy stuff in there, and if so, that is not ok.

 

[jzamora3]

Chill it. You may also want to use gelatin in it. It will usually make that stuff drop

If I were to do this, would it completely remove any flavors caused by the infection? Or could I maybe just rack from underneath it and be ok? ?

 

[Hoosierbrewer]

What does it taste like?

 

[Hoosierbrewer]

Yoop. I thought that was the flash reflection or a light reflection. I assumed it was just yeast sediment similiar to my post a couple of weeks ago when I had fermentation start up again.

 

[jzamora3]

What does it taste like?

Slightly bitter. No true funk that I can pull out of it. Smell is semi sweet and piney

 

[jzamora3]

It's hard to tell in the picture, but the yeast 'rafts' look ok. There looks to be some white slimy/ropy stuff in there, and if so, that is not ok.

Here's some better pictures. No slime from what I could see. Let me know what you think. Oh and did a gravity check. 1.014

 

[Yooper]

That white stuff around the solids looks suspect to me. Unless it is just a lighting or camera flash issue.

 

[jzamora3]

No that's not light issues. The lights make more of a hot spot in the picture. The white around the solids is more of a matte texture than anything slimy or ropey

 

[jzamora3]

What smells/tastes would I look for for this possible infection?

 

[Yooper]

In the bottom picture particularly, the opaque looking edges look a bit suspicious for lactobacillus infection but it really is hard to tell.

 

[jzamora3]

It's not slimy at all tho. Woukd that make a huge difference? And okay so let's say this is an infection. Anything I can do to salvage?

 

[Yooper]

It's not slimy at all tho. Woukd that make a huge difference? And okay so let's say this is an infection. Anything I can do to salvage?

Drink it quick. If it starts to get overcarbed, or seem a bit "off" after a while, drink it faster!

 

[jzamora3]

Drink it quick. If it starts to get overcarbed, or seem a bit "off" after a while, drink it faster!

Drinking beer quick is one of the things in good at in life! Would you recommend crashing and using gelatin? Or rack from underneath the surface?

 

[Yooper]

Drinking beer quick is one of the things in good at in life! Would you recommend crashing and using gelatin? Or rack from underneath the surface?

I have never used gelatin, so I can't say about its use, although many others have. I've just racked and left stuff behind that I didn't want in the beer.

 

[jzamora3]

Okay well thanks for your help. I hope it turns out tasty!

 

[Hoosierbrewer]

Do you bottle or keg? If you keg you could pasteurize

 

[BansheeRider]

Just bottle a couple cases take it to a friends house and drink the hell out of it.

 

[macbeer43]

I think ur fine..my blonde ale looked like this cold crash a few days it cleared...