mold in secondary

[VillageBrew]

I racked a belgian wit to the secondary a week ago and added two pounds of raspberries that were boiled prior to adding. I thought that I was extra careful and starsaned everything. Any ideas on how to save this batch??? There is a thin layer with patches of mold on the surface.

A little more info... I placed the raspberries in a mesh bag that I also boiled, so I know that the patches are not stray raspberries. They are still in the bag. There is no sour or off smells. SWMBO says it smells like BEER! Tastes fine, thinking about kegging it and see what happens.

 

[birvine]

How do you know it's mold?

Brent

 

[scoundrel]

How do you know it's mold?

Brent

Exactly. I don't think it's mold. Post a pic.

 

[Chia]

just drink it....you will live. seriously, i have thought i have had mold before and it is really nothing. just relax

 

[iJustincredible]

I'm 10 days into my first fermentation and when I put my vessel into the fridge tonight (hoping for the suspended yeast to drop) I noticed what appears to be mold floating on the surface... It's a Mr Beer starter kit. Hmm. Think I should be concerned? I'm color blind so I can't provide much of a description. My plan was to rack it into another container in 3 days the immediately bottle.

 

[scoundrel]

I'm 10 days into my first fermentation and when I put my vessel into the fridge tonight (hoping for the suspended yeast to drop) I noticed what appears to be mold floating on the surface... It's a Mr Beer starter kit. Hmm. Think I should be concerned? I'm color blind so I can't provide much of a description. My plan was to rack it into another container in 3 days the immediately bottle.

Welcome iJustincredible. It's totally fine and not mold. That's not uncommon. What I would suggest is to let the yeast finish and not cold crash it if the yeast aren't done. I understand that when your new to brewing that you want that beer now. I let all my beers go a minimum 14 days up to 3 weeks to ensure the yeast clean up and drop on their own.

 

[Piratwolf]

I understand that when your new to brewing that you want that beer now. I let all my beers go a minimum 14 days up to 3 weeks to ensure the yeast clean up and drop on their own.

This x 1000000000

I couldn't wait when I first started brewing, but when I finally got to a point where I had a modest pipeline and had some bottles over a month in bottle I couldn't believe how much better the beer had become! So at least save a sixer or a couple of deuces so you can see what you've created at its best.

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