Start of infection?

[Tombsy]

Black IPA. 2.5 weeks in primary.

https://twitter.com/tombsy19/status/529053866873323520?s=15

If yes. Rack to keg and drink asap?

 

[LLBeanJ]

Gotta admit, that don't look good. As you stated, rack to keg and drink ASAP would be a good plan.

 

[seagondollar]

I had a similar film on a pale ale i did and had no problems with infection. It was in secondary for 6 weeks and developed a film a tad thicker than that. I noticed when i was racking to the keg, the film seemed to stick to the carboy as it emptied. Im sure after 3 months it might turn into a sour, but once its kegged, and assuming it tastes fine, your good.

 

[Tombsy]

Thanks, I will monitor it for another couple days.

 

[ArmyATCBrewer]

Any update on this, Tombsy? I think I may have something similar, but I don't think mine has progressed that far. It was a very, very thin layer of film. I went ahead and bottled anyway due to other time constraints. After 3 days it looks like it may be expanding within each bottle. Anyone have advice on whether this will be okay to drink? I plan to continue to monitor it closely. Thanks!

 

[unionrdr]

In my experiences, that broken ice pack-like film is the start of a lacto infection. If it gets into the bottles in sufficient quantities, it could sour it or even cause bottle bombs if it ferments out too far.

 

[ArmyATCBrewer]

Ok, thanks! I'll keep an eye on it.

 

[FloppyKnockers]

It's Ebola.

 

[unionrdr]

Lacto ebolus holihelicus!