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[unionrdr]

Looks like it could be yeast colonies on the inside of the carboy?

 

[Snowden]

Looks like it could be yeast colonies on the inside of the carboy?

Ah ok, that is a relief! Thanks!

 

[NYShooterGuy]

Looks like yeast rafts

 

[sassafras]

First post here. This was a porter brewed with PB2. It's about 2.5 weeks old in these pictures. This doesn't look like a normal infection. I'm wondering if it could possibly be some fat or something that separated from the PB2 mixture. Still tastes and smells fantastic.

 

[theck]

My Scottish Wee Heavy.

I was hoping that this would be ready for St. Paddy's Day (and also not infected). Unfortunately, I mashed in at too high a temp and it only fermented out to 1.020. I added some Yeast Enzyme and Beta Amalyse hoping to wake it up and finish the fermentation, but I think I introduced this instead.

Should I let this roll? Or just dump?

Never dump, taste before you do. Let it roll a little longer and give it a try.

 

[thejuanald]

This was a wheat beer made with a Kolsch yeast. It's been cold crashing for a few days. It might be hard to see but there is a lighter layer at the top. I know kolsch are top feeders and have low floculation so maybe it's just that?

 

[thejuanald]

Now that it's been sitting out of the fermebtation chamber for awhile, the layer seems to be getting wider. Is this an issue?

 

[chriwhit]

Is this infected? I am brewing with White Labs Sour Mix that contains Brettanomyces, Saccharomyces, and the bacterial strains Lactobacillus and Pediococcus. So technically the answer is yes but I didn't think mold/pellicle woudl start forming in the primary. I brewed 6 days ago and its my first attempt at a sour

 

[BGBC]

Is this infected? I am brewing with White Labs Sour Mix that contains Brettanomyces, Saccharomyces, and the bacterial strains Lactobacillus and Pediococcus. So technically the answer is yes but I didn't think mold/pellicle woudl start forming in the primary. I brewed 6 days ago and its my first attempt at a sour

Looks like krausen to me. No mold. No pellicle. Keep that baby shut.

 

[unionrdr]

Looks like krausen is receding & that ring around the collar is forming around the edges to me.

 

[Patrick87]

Now that it's been sitting out of the fermebtation chamber for awhile, the layer seems to be getting wider. Is this an issue?

Nope. Beer clears from the top-down. It's doing exactly what it's supposed to. Let it sit in there till the whole thing looks like the top layer.

 

[thejuanald]

Nope. Beer clears from the top-down. It's doing exactly what it's supposed to. Let it sit in there till the whole thing looks like the top layer.

Thanks, Kolsch yeast is new to me. Every other beer cleared out real quick. Damned top eaters.

 

[Artifex]

Orange globs in milk stout secondary fermentation?

 

[NYShooterGuy]

Yeast rafts

 

[adamdillabo]

Wlp005. I know this stuff is wierd but I've never seen giant air bubbles on the surface of any of my beers. View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1427323025.436025.jpg

It's hard to see but it's in the back there. About two inches high

 

[peejaynj]

View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1427338333.426939.jpg please tell me these are just some crazy big fermentation bubbles

 

[NYShooterGuy]

Pellicle

 

[unionrdr]

Yeah, the 2nd one is looking more like a pellicle to me. The one above that just looks like a normal, albeit very active krausen.

 

[DisturbdChemist]

View attachment 266458 please tell me these are just some crazy big fermentation bubbles

Sorry man. You have something in there. Brett/Lacto

 

[adamdillabo]

I hope you are right Unionrdr.

 

[unionrdr]

Well, so far, there's nothing in there to indicate an infection.

 

[peejaynj]

I'll post a picture of what my Carboy looks like tonight. But I've never had an infection before. What do I do if I've got Brett/lacto?

 

[unionrdr]

I ha a bad lacto infection in my Maori IPA once. I sanitized the dry hop sack in Starsan too. Scooped out the nasty film & the dry hop sack. Since it was done fermenting & dry hopping, I racked it to the bottling bucket & bottled it asap. If yours is still fermenting, you'll likely have to let it ride. Bret can be another story, as it's used with ale yeasts to make Belgian sours.

 

[peejaynj]

I ha a bad lacto infection in my Maori IPA once. I sanitized the dry hop sack in Starsan too. Scooped out the nasty film & the dry hop sack. Since it was done fermenting & dry hopping, I racked it to the bottling bucket & bottled it asap. If yours is still fermenting, you'll likely have to let it ride. Bret can be another story, as it's used with ale yeasts to make Belgian sours.

Well mine is a wheat beer and that's legitimately after one night of fermenting. Brewed it yesterday morning and started fermenting by 1 pm. So an infection really after not even 24 hours!? The bubbles just seem huge compared to other ferments I've had and I did everything as I usually do. Idk where I could've went wrong. But how am I supposed to scoop bubbles out of a Carboy?!

 

[unionrdr]

I just scooped the gunk out because it was a bucket. Think about your whole process on brew day. Did you clean & sanitize everything that touched the chilled wort? Every little piece of equipment? What kind of water, if any, did you top off with?

 

[peejaynj]

I just scooped the gunk out because it was a bucket. Think about your whole process on brew day. Did you clean & sanitize everything that touched the chilled wort? Every little piece of equipment? What kind of water, if any, did you top off with?

The only thing I can think of is maybe I didnt sanitize my funnel? Everything else was maybe I forgot that. But is my beer ruined or let it ride for the week and taste it? Idk what infections do to be honest!

 

[peejaynj]

I just scooped the gunk out because it was a bucket. Think about your whole process on brew day. Did you clean & sanitize everything that touched the chilled wort? Every little piece of equipment? What kind of water, if any, did you top off with?

The only thing I can think of is maybe I didnt sanitize my funnel? Everything else was maybe I forgot that. But is my beer ruined or let it ride for the week and taste it? Idk what infections do to be honest!

 

[peejaynj]

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Wheat beer. Been fermenting for one full day. Kind of a funky smell that I can't really describe. But my airlock is going crazy. I've never ever seen this before and it's driving me nuts thinking that my beer is ruined. WHAT DO I DO!?!

 

[Psylocide]

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Wheat beer. Been fermenting for one full day. Kind of a funky smell that I can't really describe. But my airlock is going crazy. I've never ever seen this before and it's driving me nuts thinking that my beer is ruined. WHAT DO I DO!?!

It's too late to do anything now, but I seriously doubt that's an infection (based on the fact that you're 24 hours in). I've seen some pics of US-05 fermenting that looks just like that.

RDWHAHB.

 

[peejaynj]

It's too late to do anything now, but I seriously doubt that's an infection (based on the fact that you're 24 hours in). I've seen some pics of US-05 fermenting that looks just like that.

RDWHAHB.

Thanks, it's kind of a funky smell though. If it IS infected tho....what do you do? Just see how it tastes and go from there? Or dump and start over?