Post your infection

[Nico93]

I haven't opened any bottle yet, I'll make you know

 

[MagicMatt]

Guys, RDWHAHB. Nothing on the previous page looks like an infection to me. Just normal krausen residuals and yeast rafts.

If you have to ask "is this infected", then it is most likely not infected. If it was, you'd know, there would be no question.

 

[TheMachine]

Hello everyone. First post. I saw a few people posting and because i just kept second guessing myself I figured I would post pictures of my own brew that I am having doubts about. This is only my 5th batch so I am very new at this...also my first dark beer. This is a coffee porter and it is about a week into fermentation. Saw these white bubbles and I'm not sure what they are. Please take a look. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Limbrizik]

^^^ not infected^^^

 

[MagicMatt]

Completely not infected. Not even close.

Fermentation creates CO2. CO2 creates bubbles.

 

[TheMachine]

Thank you both so much.

 

[dallasdb]

If you have to ask "is this infected", then it is most likely not infected. If it was, you'd know, there would be no question.

 

[daninmissouri]

Any idea what I have here? It doesn't really smell or taste like anything.

 

[GHBWNY]

Any idea what I have here? It doesn't really smell or taste like anything.

Looks like a watermelon, a cantelope and two grapefruit trying to break through the kraussen. How the heck did they get in there?!

But all seriousness aside, most likely CO2 bubbles.

 

[ZmannR2]

Man I thought I would never have to post in here but what the heck is on the walls? I've never had krausen stick like that before. What do y'all think about this batch? Still good?

 

[MagicMatt]

That's strange.....not because of the krausen, but because I don't think I've ever had a batch where krausen did NOT stick to the walls like that. But yeah that looks like every brew for me:

 

[Toga]

That's no infection. If you want to see an infection go to google images and search for "blue waffle"

 

[Chrispy92]

That's no infection. If you want to see an infection go to google images and search for "blue waffle"

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[Hayden512]

Anyone ever get a very faint oil look on top of their brew when using vanilla beans?

 

[Brownalemikie]

That's no infection. If you want to see an infection go to google images and search for "blue waffle"

Well, there's a Google search I can't unsee. And thanks for that!

 

[NVRsummer369]

Anyone ever get a very faint oil look on top of their brew when using vanilla beans?

YES! That happened to me on the first vanilla Porter I brewed. Mine was a kit from northern brewer;extract with steeping grains then added vanilla beans after primary fermentation slowed down. I think that did lead to some kind of infection. That beer tasted terrible not sure if it was the vanilla beans to blame or what but I had to dump the batch after I bottled. I am not saying yours is infected I don't know but when I brewed my next batch I will probably put the vanilla beans in a Mason jar of vodka to extract the flavor and make it possibly more sanitary

 

[cidertimebaby]

I got these little round, pebble-like things in my yeast cake after draining the primary today. Anything to be concerned about? The brew was cold crashed in back room for around 20 hours just before bottling. Probably just above freezing back there

1.7kg Coopers IPA
1kg Brew Enhancer 1
2lb(0.9kg) Amber DME
1kg Brown Sugar
2oz N.Z hops (green stuff in the pics)

25L, 1.058 OG to 1.016 FG

 

[bluue13]

I got these little round, pebble-like things in my yeast cake after draining the primary today. Anything to be concerned about? The brew was cold crashed in back room for around 20 hours just before bottling. Probably just above freezing back there

1.7kg Coopers IPA
1kg Brew Enhancer 1
2lb(0.9kg) Amber DME
1kg Brown Sugar
2oz N.Z hops (green stuff in the pics)

25L, 1.058 OG to 1.016 FG

Could be just some interesting flocculation?

 

[user 231412]

Can anyone tell whether this is an infection? This is day 5 in primary with cold hop added too early..

 

[MagicMatt]

Can anyone tell whether this is an infection? This is day 5 in primary with cold hop added too early..

Not an infection.

 

[user 231412]

Not an infection.

Great, thanks. Hard to imagine I will be drinking this stuff..

 

[Hayden512]

What do you think? Added vanilla beans a week ago. About to keg and looks like this right now. The flash makes it stand out way more than it actually is. Can only see the oil slick look to it when the light hits it right but still had me nervous. Tastes great at the moment View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1482284726.419520.jpg

 

[JosephN]

What do you think? Added vanilla beans a week ago. About to keg and looks like this right now. The flash makes it stand out way more than it actually is. Can only see the oil slick look to it when the light hits it right but still had me nervous. Tastes great at the moment View attachment 381290

Looks completely normal. Most of my beer has something like this on the top. I'm 45 batches in and only had one infection that affected 3 batches. This is fine. Enjoy it.

 

[Queequeg]

Just yeast rafts?

 

[Hopper5000]

That looks like a pellicle to me, no yeast rafts. How does it smell?

 

[Queequeg]

No obvious smell. It's been in the fridge for two weeks. It's a lager yeast.

The wasn't much material on top when I crashed it, but there was a little yeast

 

[JosephN]

Just yeast rafts?

So there isn't an acidic smell or anything like that? Can you taste a small sample? From the picture it does look like a Pedio pellicle that I've seen before but tasting it would help figure out a little. Also I've never seen a lager yeast do this.

 

[Queequeg]

Just tasted it. Smelled like cider, tasted like cider vinegar. Conclusion infected.

I think this got infected because I stored my starter for a prolonged time after cold crashing without sealing it sufficiently.

Better to waste a starter than a whole batch of beer.

 

[Jwin]

Just tasted it. Smelled like cider, tasted like cider vinegar. Conclusion infected.

I think this got infected because I stored my starter for a prolonged time after cold crashing without sealing it sufficiently.

Better to waste a starter than a whole batch of beer.

Vinegar typically indicates acetobacter.

 

[jojacques]

So I guess this is it. My first infection after 15 batches. Am I paranoid?

It seemed fine until a couple of days ago, about 4 days after dryhop.

I had a problem with my bucket fermenter with a spigot... when I was handling it, the spigot simply fell and I had to use my unsanitized hand and duct tape to temporarily cover the hole, and quickly transfer fermenter. This hapenned 2.5 week ago, and probably how it got infected.

So I am sceduled to bottle on tuesday of this week. It smells good and I will taste it, and if its good, I'll bottle. Oh and I started to cold crash 20minutes ago as soon as I noticed the possible infection.

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