Post your infection

[Jwin]

Anybody got some recipes for a beer with a slightly sweet taste like pineapple?
thanks,
Bobby Cox

Ah ha. I did, and many landed in the fermentor as my dip tube clogged in transfer. Lesson learned. Used a diy hop blocker yesterday, so no more.
I pitched a RIS on the cake last night, hoping those old hops don't mess with the flavor to much.

 

[DrunkleJon]

How but this
Yeast rafts or otherwise?

Looks like Glitter to me.

 

[peejaynj]

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[joshesmusica]

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A sand dollar pellicle? Epic!

 

[brew_darrymore]

An oatmeal stout I was going to bottle today. 3 weeks in primary. It's a little tough to tell from my phone's flash, but the surface has a sort of whiteish film on part of it. It looks like it kind of strings across the surface. I haven't tasted it yet. I was hoping it's just something sort of common when brewing with oats..it was my first oatmeal stout.

How did you beer turn out, Mr Grimm?

You were worried about that oil slick. I brewed the same recipe and had the same on the surface of my primary. It's been bottled for 2 months now and it's perfectly fine. I suppose it must have been the oats that caused it.

 

[Athelthral]

So I'm reasonably new to homebrewing and opened up my pale ale after dry hopping to discover this sight. I know it's early stages but could anybody hazard a guess as to what's gotten in there?

 

[unionrdr]

It does look like a bit of an infection starting...

 

[Athelthral]

What's my best bet, leave it for a week and see if it becomes more obvious?

 

[unionrdr]

When you're done dry hopping it, bottle it up before it gets any worse.

 

[Athelthral]

That's the hops out today, I'll bottle it up tomorrow and get to drinking as soon as possible. Thank you for the guidance.

 

[kombat]

When you're done dry hopping it, bottle it up before it gets any worse.

That could potentially lead to bottle bombs. He'd be better served to let it finish out, then bottle it. An infection doesn't stop working just because you've bottled it.

 

[joshesmusica]

Did you use a hop bag? That could possibly be where it came from. Next time I suggest just throwing the hops directly in.

And if you're going to bottle it, I'd go a little less on the priming sugar. If you world normally aim for 2.4 volumes of co2, I would aim for 2 or so now. The infection will continue to work in the bottle.

 

[unionrdr]

That could potentially lead to bottle bombs. He'd be better served to let it finish out, then bottle it. An infection doesn't stop working just because you've bottled it.

I had an IPA get infected once from a muslin fry hop bag once. The beer was at FG by then. Once bottled, where no oxygen could get in that nasties need to propagate, it wasn't a problem.

 

[Athelthral]

Did you use a hop bag? That could possibly be where it came from. Next time I suggest just throwing the hops directly in.

And if you're going to bottle it, I'd go a little less on the priming sugar. If you world normally aim for 2.4 volumes of co2, I would aim for 2 or so now. The infection will continue to work in the bottle.

I did, was reasonably sure I'd done as much as was humanly possible to sanitise it but I guess it's another avenue something could have gotten in from.

The differences of opinion here are pretty much the same thought process I'd been going through in my own mind. The beer is finished and tasting delicious, I just needed more experienced heads to tell me if I was going to have to bid a sad farewell and send it down the drain or if I had a reasonable chance of getting it safely into bottle.

 

[Gibberoni]

Guys, I think its infected. Left it in the back of my laundry room for 2 years and forgot about it. LOL. Smells like an apple orchard and tastes like a sock.

 

[Jwin]

Bottle and fridge them all once carbed, if able. That *could* slow further fermentation

 

[beergolf]

When you're done dry hopping it, bottle it up before it gets any worse.

I agree with Kombat on this one. Just because you bottled it, it will not stop the infection. So saying to bottle it is bad advice. Just because it is sealed up with no oxygen does not stop the infection. It can continue without oxygen. If it ticks off a few more points then bottle bombs can happen.

 

[Jwin]

This is true, but chilling once carbed may buy some time.
The only other option is dump it, or find a keg

 

[peejaynj]

A sand dollar pellicle? Epic!

Haha noooo that's a dry hop bag. But it is a pretty epic pellicle/Brett situation I've got going on.

 

[BGBC]

I had an IPA get infected once from a muslin fry hop bag once. The beer was at FG by then. Once bottled, where no oxygen could get in that nasties need to propagate, it wasn't a problem.

More bad advice. Lactic Acid Bacteria are anaerobic, so bottling will do nothing to stop their growth.

 

[BGBC]

This is true, but chilling once carbed may buy some time.
The only other option is dump it, or find a keg

Or let it reach a stable FG in the fermenter, then bottle. If it tastes bad, sure dump it, but I'd rather dump a batch than risk 2 cases of bottle bombs

 

[ZmannR2]

Beer can not be "infected." The proper term is "contaminated."

Cool story bro.

 

[BaylessBrewer]

Cool story bro.

Yes!!! Post of the year right there! Love it

 

[kiwirevo]

I have these 2 beers that are both in secondary and both look to be having an issue. Can someone confirm?
The first one was a pale ale dry hopped with fresh hops
The second was an iipa that was hopped in the kettle with fresh hops

I'm sad cos this may mean only one of my 3 fresh hop brews this year survive. (I've done almost 70 brews but this might be my first infection)

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[Pyg]

Pretty sure this is not an infection, but does not seem right.
One gallon blonde ale, cold crashed for a few days and all the hops and junk did not settle
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[Queequeg]

That looks like you used to much kettle fining

 

[NYShooterGuy]

Pretty sure this is not an infection, but does not seem right.
One gallon blonde ale, cold crashed for a few days and all the hops and junk did not settle
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Looks like yeast. Highly focculant strain used?

 

[unionrdr]

Looks like bad brains! Seriously though, it's likely proteins yeast clumped up from a fining agent.

 

[Pyg]

Looks like bad brains! Seriously though, it's likely proteins yeast clumped up from a fining agent.

I used 1 tab of whirlfloc for a 1 gallon batch.
Most likely too much.
I will cut in half for my next small batch

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Pretty sure this is not an infection, but does not seem right.
One gallon blonde ale, cold crashed for a few days and all the hops and junk did not settle
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Ugh, looks like someone took a hellacious dump in there. Sorry, that was my first thought, lol. If it tastes good drink it!:rockin: