A friend and myself have been brewing beers for a month or 2 now, and ave started our third brew about 2 weeks ago. We let the brew sit for 1 week and saw no activity from the airlock, did some research and found that that means nothing, but when rehydrating the yeast, it got to 120*F and we found that that likely killed the yeast, so we purchased liquid yeast from a local brew store and added it.
When we added this we saw 2 white chunks floating on top of the beer, wondered about it and figured it might be the dead yeast and left it. Anyway, a few days after we peeked in there again and saw the 2 white chunks and a darker chunk, we sterilized a spoon and scooped one out. It was rather slimy and disgusting. Before we go a dump it away we want to be sure it is mold.
We bought a brewers best milk stout kit and the only thing we are wondering is if this might be due to the lactose in the kit.
Is this more likely mold, than a byproduct of the lactose?
When we added this we saw 2 white chunks floating on top of the beer, wondered about it and figured it might be the dead yeast and left it. Anyway, a few days after we peeked in there again and saw the 2 white chunks and a darker chunk, we sterilized a spoon and scooped one out. It was rather slimy and disgusting. Before we go a dump it away we want to be sure it is mold.
We bought a brewers best milk stout kit and the only thing we are wondering is if this might be due to the lactose in the kit.
Is this more likely mold, than a byproduct of the lactose?