Is this mold?

[dxgord]

All grain Honey brown ale: plastic for 6 days, racked into glass for 3 days. Today I took a look and noticed what I think is mold on the top.

The last beer I brewed was a pumpkin ale, and that too had mold on it. I chalked the mold up to the fruit in the beer.

However this one is a honey brown ale and there is no reason there should be mold in it.

I have done dozens of all grain batches and these are the first two to have gone wrong. Although the pumpkin tasted great and the mold did not seem to have any effect on the beer, I do not want to get into the habit of brewing moldy beer.

I made sure to do long soaks with starsan and scrub my gear after the pumpkin and still I get mold...

Any thoughts/words of wisdom.

 

[dxgord]

I would like to post a picture of the mold, but I cannot figure out how to attach a picture. It looks like little dots of mold, similar to bread mold on the top of the beer. If anyone knows how to post a pic, let me know.

 

[malkore]

You need to host the photo elsewhere and then link to it.

foam, especially in secondary can often resemble mold too.

 

[dxgord]

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/members/dxgord/albums/mold-secondary/1073-all-grain-honey-brown-ale-secondary/

 

[dxgord]

I couldnt get the picture to show up on the thread, but I posted a link to the picture.

It looks nothing like Krausen or foam. It is mold for sure. I am wondering if my equipment is infected and how to remedy the problem.

Having never botched a brew, I am finding it hard to believe that two mold infections in a row are a coencidence.