Probable infection in bottles

[Jalahu]

Hello and sorry for asking this once again but I cant find the same problem.

I brewed my first batch some weeks ago from a brewkit. Everything looked ok untill yesterday. I only have a dozen of bottles left and everything was alright but yesterday I poured a bottle into a glass like I have been doing for last days without problems and... Surprise! I found some brown-green substance of about 2cm long floating on my beer. I tried a second bottle and again!! Of course I just took it out with a spoon and drank the beer, that tasted good like the previous bottles.
I think the best thing to do is drink ASAP the rest, but is it that bad? Can it be dangerous?

Thank you!

 

[pablo1337]

I found some brown-green substance of about 2cm long floating on my beer. I tried a second bottle and again!! Of course I just took it out with a spoon and drank the beer, that tasted good like the previous bottles.

Could it be yeast sediment from the bottle? I had something nasty floating in my beer once, turned out the yeast and trub had somehow come out of the bottle in a complete sheet. I just removed it and the beer tasted normal. Supposedly no dangerous things can grow in beer, so it should not be dangerous.

 

[declanhalpin]

I've had a similar thing as well. My guess is - at least in my case - the bottle didn't get thoroughly cleaned, despite soaking in star San for 30 mins. I also scooped, frowned, and drank.

 

[Kaz]

It could be yeast, are you being concious to leave the sediment in the bottle? Otherwise, if they were old bottles it might he that they didn't get cleaned well.

 

[dcp27]

Are you pouring in the entire beer? If so, its probably just the trub more thickly settled now.

If you ever have fear of a bottle infection, check the neck of the bottle. If there is a solid white ring at the top of the beer level and its over-carbed, chances are its infected.

 

[Jalahu]

Yep, looks like compact sediment escaped from the bottom of the bottle as my friend put the bottles lying in the fridge. Strange that it's floating though. Thank you!!