Possible Mold On Secondary

[Gargoyley]

First and foremost, I hope that I have posted this ??? in the right area and if it is a repeat or not correct, I do apologize.

I brewed a Holiday Ale and everything seemed to be fine. I racked it over to the 2nd Carboy and it has set for 1 week today. We keep them in the kitchen pantry so that it does not get disturbed. This morning I took a look at it and it appears to have some moldy looking stuff on the surface. What I need to know is if this Ale can still be bottled (I have not moved up to kegging). If so, what and how should I go about this. This is about my 8th 5 gallon batch of home brew and I have never seen this before. I have added a couple of pic (although not the best photos, its all I have). Thanks to all and anyone that can assist with this issue.

Gar

 

[crookedibrews]

It's up to the taste. You can bottle evean if it's a little sour. Just rack from underneath the gunk. it could still turn out good. Bottle it and let it sit for a few months. Taste one every now and then. I wouldn't evan think about dumping this batch. Give it the taste test. It could turn out as a great beer with time. From the pics it really doesn't look bad at all. I've seen a lot worse on here. I've bottled a blond ale that looked similer to this and the beer turned out great. I let it sit for 4 months.

 

[IslandLizard]

Sorry to say, that doesn't look good.
It's hard to tell what it is, but there should be nothing floating on top in a secondary, unless you put it in there, like fruit, wood, hops, etc.

Sometimes the beer underneath is fine, so you could rack it off carefully, not to take anything from the top. If the beer is infested with something it will grow again, and change your beer. Whether it is drinkable is up to you to decide. Typical strategy after that is to bottle, refrigerate and drink fast.

On a side note, secondaries are not needed unless you add significant amounts of adjuncts such as fruit or want to age for long times. Even dry hopping is done without secondaries. Each time you touch your beer you risk infection.

For aging you want to limit the headspace as much as possible or flush with CO2.

Advice:
Review your cleaning and sanitation methods. Something got missed.
Clean all your cold side equipment, like racking canes, siphons, hoses well. Maybe buy new hoses.
If you used a bucket with a spigot that spigot needs to be taken apart and cleaned and sanitized too.