Suspicious Growth: Mold or Infection?

[greenfrog5]

Extract Pale Ale that got away from me. Traveling so much for work, its been 8 weeks and I haven't had time to deal with it...

SWMBO said it smelled like rotten fruit. The bucket definitely didn't smell good, the sample tasted funky, hard to describe.

I would guess mold, anybody familiar?

Thanks
Aaron

 

[badbrew]

I wonder if the pail is ruined. It looks like it fermented though.

 

[BOBrob]

Not sure, is it solid or foam? I do see a few bubbles on top and the buckets will smell, but what is funky about the taste? Flat, sour, rotten egg? Does it taste the way it smells,rotten fruity?

 

[greenfrog5]

I'll check the consistency of the growth, and confirm the smell/taste when I get a chance.

What'd'yall think, worth bottling? I recently poured 2 batches down the drain due to bacterial infection (no growth like this) introduced by old/dirty siphon tube. I'd like to avoid that hassle again if possible.

Aaron

 

[Toga]

Bottle it. Just be sure to leave the funky film in the bucket when you rack it.

 

[Hugh_Jass]

I'm going to say bacteria. Not sure I'd bottle it just yet. Cover it for another week and check it again.

 

[hudsonj6]

I literally just bottled something that looked just like that on sunday! I hadn't gotten around to bottling (made the low gravity batch 2.5 months ago) because of school and was pretty worried when I saw that. It smelled and tasted fine so I racked from beneath it and ended up leaving about a gallon in the primary that I tossed just to be sure I didn't get any of that in the bottles. I'm not too worried about it but I guess I'll find out in a couple weeks if it's good or not.

 

[Akneebreeated]

I literally just bottled something that looked just like that on sunday! I hadn't gotten around to bottling (made the low gravity batch 2.5 months ago) because of school and was pretty worried when I saw that. It smelled and tasted fine so I racked from beneath it and ended up leaving about a gallon in the primary that I tossed just to be sure I didn't get any of that in the bottles. I'm not too worried about it but I guess I'll find out in a couple weeks if it's good or not.

Was it good?

 

[hudsonj6]

It turned out just fine.