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[Brew_G]

Hi!

I took a stab at the Homebeer Pliny the Elder Extract Kit and after 8 days, I opened the bucket, to start dry hopping, and saw the picture below.

Is this the beginning of an infection or is it suspended yeast?

Some more information:
- Used 2 packs of Safale US-05 (Recommended by the sales guy)
- I may have under diluted the starsan at the beginning

There's a film on there, but it could just be hop oils. If it's the early indications of an infection, it'll likely be more obvious when you reopen to package.

Good luck!

 

[Chrispy92]

Cider, been in primary for 9 days with no airlock activity for the past 5.... Looks infected to me what do you guys think!?
It's a Graf with S05 yeast

Could it just be a funky krausen??

EDIT: the big bubbles have fallen this afternoon so think I'm ok. checked gravity at 1.018.... Another week in fermenter should bring me down ready for bottling

 

[DoesItMatter]

Don't have pics as they ended up being dumped, but I must've had at least 5+ batches of infected beer before I realized the problem.

I bottle, and I never realized you could dismantle the bottling spigot!!!
I used to just soak the whole thing in Sani and call it good, and then after 5+ batches, realized you could unscrew the whole thing and found a nice set of mold in there.

That got thrown away and bought a few new spigots that I always dismantle and soak for a few hours before and after bottling to keep them clean - no more infections!

 

[Delaweez]

What infection is this? This is the 2nd infection out of this conical and the first has no off flavor nor signs of over carbonation after 6 weeks in bottles. The beer is an altbier dunkel. It finished in primary at 1.014 and has dropped to 1.013 in secondary. It's been in secondary for about 3 weeks. I peeked in today to find this.

 

[Gusmedic]

So my keezer took a crap and I've been using my fermentation chamber freezer to serve. Same setup just no collar for taps. Currently using picnic taps. Well I was down to one keg and had to ferment so I dumbly just disconnect the gas to my keg and left it in the fermentation chamber. I checked for good Krausen after a few days and haven't even looked in it for past 2-3 weeks. I went to cold crash it today and found everything covered in mold inside the chamber. I'm guessing it's condensation from the cold keg that was allowed to warm that contributed so much moisture to the chamber and caused the mold. Thoughts?? Is my keg still any good you think? I haven't cracked the lid in the bucket. View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1476830963.867840.jpgView attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1476830979.211786.jpg

 

[jschein]

So my keezer took a crap and I've been using my fermentation chamber freezer to serve. Same setup just no collar for taps. Currently using picnic taps. Well I was down to one keg and had to ferment so I dumbly just disconnect the gas to my keg and left it in the fermentation chamber. I checked for good Krausen after a few days and haven't even looked in it for past 2-3 weeks. I went to cold crash it today and found everything covered in mold inside the chamber. I'm guessing it's condensation from the cold keg that was allowed to warm that contributed so much moisture to the chamber and caused the mold. Thoughts?? Is my keg still any good you think? I haven't cracked the lid in the bucket. View attachment 373998View attachment 373999

Clean and sanitize it all before cracking anything

 

[rhys333]

So my keezer took a crap and I've been using my fermentation chamber freezer to serve. Same setup just no collar for taps. Currently using picnic taps. Well I was down to one keg and had to ferment so I dumbly just disconnect the gas to my keg and left it in the fermentation chamber. I checked for good Krausen after a few days and haven't even looked in it for past 2-3 weeks. I went to cold crash it today and found everything covered in mold inside the chamber. I'm guessing it's condensation from the cold keg that was allowed to warm that contributed so much moisture to the chamber and caused the mold. Thoughts?? Is my keg still any good you think? I haven't cracked the lid in the bucket. View attachment 373998View attachment 373999

Burn it. Burn it with fire.

 

[sleepspeaking]

Foam is krausen, and floaties, are yeast yeah?

 

[TripelDubbel]

My first (potential?) Infection. Brewed two 5 gallon batches. Cleaned and sanitized with same process. After 24 hours, one looks great and other is concerning. Thoughts from more experienced brewers?

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[TripelDubbel]

Here is one more picture...

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[TripelDubbel]

Patience my past self...RAHAHB

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[Gusmedic]

So my keezer took a crap and I've been using my fermentation chamber freezer to serve. Same setup just no collar for taps. Currently using picnic taps. Well I was down to one keg and had to ferment so I dumbly just disconnect the gas to my keg and left it in the fermentation chamber. I checked for good Krausen after a few days and haven't even looked in it for past 2-3 weeks. I went to cold crash it today and found everything covered in mold inside the chamber. I'm guessing it's condensation from the cold keg that was allowed to warm that contributed so much moisture to the chamber and caused the mold. Thoughts?? Is my keg still any good you think? I haven't cracked the lid in the bucket. View attachment 373998View attachment 373999

*UPDATE - I hosed everything down and sprayed star san all over the bucket before opening and inside the bucket was perfect. I kegged it and am currently enjoying a tasty glass. My other keg also was washed and star san soaked and tastes great still. I did throw out ALL plastic that was involved, bucket, picnic tap and beer line.

 

[Brew_G]

Patience my past self...RAHAHB

I was just about to reply that it looked like it may have just been the early signs of regular fermentation. Glad to hear it's rolling along nicely!

 

[Pyg]

This film has started forming since I dumped crooked Stave dregs in.
Start of infection?View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1477694883.920823.jpg

 

[Shock29]

Any thoughts on this? Looks normal from the top, but I've never seen these stringy things coming down from the bottom of the Krausen before. This is 11 days after pitching US-05:

 

[Atlmustang]

This thread makes me paranoid....

 

[Tribe Fan]

Any thoughts on this? Looks normal from the top, but I've never seen these stringy things coming down from the bottom of the Krausen before. This is 11 days after pitching US-05:

The lager I just did looked exactly like your first picture. I say no worries.

 

[Jcoz]

This is a Christmas Saison about 3-4 weeks old, I am not familiar with the recipe in terms of what it is supposed to taste like, it seemed strange but so does the style (to me). I tasted it, it seemed strange but I'm not entirely convinced its infected.

Please take a look and offer an opinion if you have one, thanks

 

[kmckiou]

It doesn't look infected at all. Saison yeast does have a barnyard funky smell which is quite desirable. When the SG stops dropping - probably less than 1.005 - keg/bottle and enjoy

 

[Jcoz]

It doesn't look infected at all. Saison yeast does have a barnyard funky smell which is quite desirable. When the SG stops dropping - probably less than 1.005 - keg/bottle and enjoy

Thanks for the opinion. I was not convinced either, I just dont think anyone who tasted it knew what it was supposed to taste like. Wasnt sure about the floaters either, but it didnt look like infection to me.

 

[Shock29]

The lager I just did looked exactly like your first picture. I say no worries.

Thanks, although the fermentation is stuck, no off flavors on this one.

 

[Proudfoot]

I've been having a lot of problems past year or so with my beers turning sour (also crazy over-carbonating so I'm thinking some sort of wild yeast contamination). After several batches got ruined, I decided to throw away my plastic buckets and bought glass carboy and new tubes and everything else that can touch beer after boiling-phase to make sure it would not happen again. I made my first batch over a week ago (basic cascade-apa, US-05, OG 1.053) and put it in a cellar. It was a bit too cold in there (15C which is about 59F i think) but it was fermenting the next day. I brought the carboy inside the house today to make sure it would ferment completely - bubbling is still going. I don't know if I'm being paranoid because of my past dissapointments, but I got worried does the beer look infected - AGAIN? Does beer in the pics look normal to you? Should i be worried about bretta or something? If I still have the problem I am out of ideas what is going wrong with my process. Naturally I clean equipment before brewing and sanitize with saniclean. The beer has not siphoned to secondary, opened or anything. As mentioned, I used plastic buckets before so I rarely opened the buckets to see how heatlhy fermentation should look like. But I am a lil bit worried about those "big bubbles"

 

[Shock29]

I've been having a lot of problems past year or so with my beers turning sour (also crazy over-carbonating so I'm thinking some sort of wild yeast contamination). After several batches got ruined, I decided to throw away my plastic buckets and bought glass carboy and new tubes and everything else that can touch beer after boiling-phase to make sure it would not happen again. I made my first batch over a week ago (basic cascade-apa, US-05, OG 1.053) and put it in a cellar. It was a bit too cold in there (15C which is about 59F i think) but it was fermenting the next day. I brought the carboy inside the house today to make sure it would ferment completely - bubbling is still going. I don't know if I'm being paranoid because of my past dissapointments, but I got worried does the beer look infected - AGAIN? Does beer in the pics look normal to you? Should i be worried about bretta or something? If I still have the problem I am out of ideas what is going wrong with my process. Naturally I clean equipment before brewing and sanitize with saniclean. The beer has not siphoned to secondary, opened or anything. As mentioned, I used plastic buckets before so I rarely opened the buckets to see how heatlhy fermentation should look like. But I am a lil bit worried about those "big bubbles"

Doesn't look bad to me. Pop the bung out, pour a little out into a cup, and taste it.

 

[robc311]

So I posted about this in another thread earlier and yooper said it's the start of a pelicule so I guess I have my first infection. American Brown Ale...plan to add blackberry extract and keg tomorrow assuming it tastes ok when I pop the bung off.View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1479516513.689553.jpgView attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1479516525.830436.jpg

 

[goondog]

HELP!!

is this an infection. Never seen this using s-05 after 2weeks. beer tastes ok but worried about the clumps.
If infected should i go ahead and crash and bottle?? or dump it. argh. first infection after 3years of brewing!!

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[robc311]

HELP!!

is this an infection. Never seen this using s-05 after 2weeks. beer tastes ok but worried about the clumps.
If infected should i go ahead and crash and bottle?? or dump it. argh. first infection after 3years of brewing!!

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That's looks similar to my brown ale...I got mixed responses on whether or not it is infected. See the pics in the post right before yours and here are a couple more in better light. I'm still not convinced it's infected but I went ahead and kegged right away just in case. View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1479695063.140458.jpgView attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1479695073.894298.jpg

 

[goondog]

ThX robC
i added some chocolate nibsand am leaving town for 5days so I'm outta luck with immediate packaging.
Ill rack under next week and see how it goes.
thx

 

[Queequeg]

Just krausen? Its larger yeast, looks a bits gunky

 

[Nico93]

bottled it last saturday, hope that it's not an infection, in the photos looks worse than it is

 

[Mx750ktm]

bottled it last saturday, hope that it's not an infection, in the photos looks worse than it is

How did this turn out for you? I was about to keg a brown ale last night that has this exact same oily residue look to it.

My sanitation practices were the same as always. I did use the cascade maple bacon candi syrup in the boil and thought maybe the bacon bits could cause this look?

My beer looks more like your bottom picture, to the naked eye. When I take a picture though it makes it look worse.