Post your infection

[bspisak]

I'd say that ... it's yeast and lactobacillus living together. I've seen a lot of yeast, but I've never seen it make chunks like that.

When you've noted that with kefir, does it clear up as the ferment progresses? As my krausen developed, the chunkiness went away.

 

[bspisak]

I see yeast clump up like that all the time. It looks normal to me.

Have you seen this type of clumping with this particular strain WLP001? I haven't, that's why I thought it was abnormal. But, I don't really have enough experience to say what's normal.

I'm wondering if perhaps I selected a more highly flocculant variant of that strain when I used the last bit of yeast in the vial to build up the starter. I pitched the majority of a starter to a different wort, then used the little bit that was left to build this starter.

 

[Suthrncomfrt1884]

Have you seen this type of clumping with this particular strain WLP001? I haven't, that's why I thought it was abnormal. But, I don't really have enough experience to say what's normal.

I'm wondering if perhaps I selected a more highly flocculant variant of that strain when I used the last bit of yeast in the vial to build up the starter. I pitched the majority of a starter to a different wort, then used the little bit that was left to build this starter.

I don't use WL yeast since my LHBS doesn't carry it, but it's basically the same yeast as Wyeast American Ale 1056 and Safale US-05. I've seen clumping like that with both of these strains.

 

[Chudz]

this is my baby. not quite sure what to do. is (was) a raspberry wheat ale that was just moved to secondary to make room. all the fun stuff showed up after just one day.

That's like a map to the universe, right???

 

[bspisak]

That's like a map to the universe, right???

sour beers are their own universe.

 

[sudbuster]

Just what I said. Post it. I put this in the beginners forum because I think it will show people what a real infection looks like and that its not anything what krausen looks like.

Oh and name it if you can.

Lactobacillus

Kind of a "taboo" topic on here. Some time back I hunted the web for pix of infected brews, but the thread was killed. Here are the pix.

 

[DavidSteel]

That's like a map to the universe, right???

Totally. Universe on left, brain cell on right:

Braincell:

Sauce: http://www.johndiesattheend.com/JaDatToT/intro.html

 

[Weezknight]

I don't know why I open up threads like this. All it does is make me worry about my next batch. Of course it could also make me continue to be obsessively anal about my sanitation procedures.

 

[bspisak]

I don't know why I open up threads like this. All it does is make me worry about my next batch. Of course it could also make me continue to be obsessively anal about my sanitation procedures.

The worst kind of infection is the one that isn't so obvious. I had one recently that I didn't catch before it was kegged and carbonated. The carbonation breathed life into it.

So pour that hydro sample into a wine glass, swish it around and breath it in. It can be much more subtle when flat.

Brian

 

[pjewell]

What's the most common reason for an infection?

 

[PeterAugust]

I would say: Unhygienic brewing environment

It goes for the brewer, the tools, the room, yea pretty much anything that goes in contact with the wort.
You can't prevent the presence of bacteria 100 %, but you have to give them a hard start. If bacteria is the dominant microorganism you'll get a infected beer

 

[bspisak]

Scratches in plastic buckets or vinyl tubing that leave places that harbor bacteria and resist sanitation is another common issue.

 

[IrregularPulse]

What's the most common reason for an infection?

The reason for most of these infections is adding the "infection" on purpose. This is how you produce sour beers. They're made on purpose and very tasty to some people. I enjoy them but have a hard time finding them locally.

 

[pjewell]

The reason for most of these infections is adding the "infection" on purpose. This is how you produce sour beers. They're made on purpose and very tasty to some people. I enjoy them but have a hard time finding them locally.

OH REALLY? Gee I never knew that. Derp. lol



But in all seriousness. Have you tried kombucha tea? It is a fermented beverage tea drink. It has a couple different cultures but one in particular is Acetobacter which gives its distinctive vinegary taste.

 

[Mista_Sparkle]

Went to check my gravity on my scotch ale today and found this Still tastes great but it appears to have stalled during a temp swing and probably picked up the bugs when the lid was off dealing with krausen EVERYWHERE. Anyone know how bad it may be?

As a note, it went in the fermenter on 12-17

 

[Arau]

this probably isn't infected, i just don't know what it is. i racked it to secondary yesterday and 24 hours later i see this

http://s924.photobucket.com/albums/ad90/Phishead/

 

[pitimany]

Hi, is this an infection. My firts beer (stella clone) and it seems to be infected after 2 weeks in primary.
Thanks for any sugestions ?

 

[BrewHerc]

Pitimany,
This picture appears normal to me, just a little foam and bubbles. If it starts growing hair, then I would get worried.

BrewHerc.

 

[Schnitzengiggle]

Pitimany,
This picture appears normal to me, just a little foam and bubbles. If it starts growing hair, then I would get worried.

BrewHerc.

Agreed, 1 part C - 2 parts O. Its fine.

 

[adamhimself]

here's a picture of my secondary fermenter. What is this stuff?

http://s484.photobucket.com/albums/rr206/baummer/

I just spotted that in my carboy.

 

[weirdboy]

I had this partigyle stout that I left sitting in the back of a closet in a Mr Beer fermenter for around a month and a half. This is what I saw when I opened it today to bottle:

It tastes pretty good. I went ahead and bottled it and figure I'll throw a stout party in a few weeks. It's only a total of 11 bombers.

 

[sfla]

Is this an infection?

 

[Suthrncomfrt1884]

Is this an infection?

Looks normal to me.

 

[molson]

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/phot...authkey=Gv1sRgCKqohsXlve6rqAE&feat=directlink


Does this look infected or is it normal Kraeusen? It's been in the primary for a week today, the initial Kraeusen fell last week, and now this is starting to form.

 

[android]

sometimes beers will look like that when they're gassing off. kindof a secondary krausen. i think it looks fine.

 

[mojotele]

Is this an infection?

Just yeast.

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/phot...authkey=Gv1sRgCKqohsXlve6rqAE&feat=directlink


Does this look infected or is it normal Kraeusen? It's been in the primary for a week today, the initial Kraeusen fell last week, and now this is starting to form.

I agree with android, that just looks like CO2 off-gassing.

 

[Goingforsound]

Hey,

This stout had a 1.080 OG and I didn't make a starter (It was supposed to end up at 1.070)

The fermentation started liked 10 hours later and the krausen was gone in 2 days... now it has been looking like this for 5 days... it was still bubling 1 bubble per minute, but now it has almost stopped.

Is it infected?

After 14 hours:

Right now:

So doctor, is it infected?

 

[weirdboy]

Looks fine to me.

 

[Suthrncomfrt1884]

Definately not infected. Just for future reference...most infections won't be noticeable until after at least a few weeks. The only time I had an infection show up was when I decided to use a bottle bucket to secondary since I had no free carboys. The infection didn't show up until about a month after brewing.

 

[loxnar]

Goingforsound yes that is infected please cap carboy and send to my house i know how to get rid of beer like that /evilgrin