UIO (Unidentified Infected Object)

[tcbucher]

What do I have going on here?

Its chunky, Iceberg-like, yeast colored with little bits of yellow.

I'm stumped.

FG didn't change (this is in secondary), tasted AMAZING

Unfortunately, i can't rack/bottle til after work tomorrow

Praying to the beer gods to rescue this one.

Here is a link to my album, and my other thread with additional info!

http://imgur.com/a/1IgmY#p1q58

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/do-i-have-infection-258003/

 

[Waunabeer]

Wow!!! As other's have stated in another thread, if it tastes good then it probably is good. An infection would give you a flavor that would make you want to dump it soon.

Very strange looking though. I would save some of that residue, after you bottle, and have it analyzed to see what it is. Maybe you came up with a new strain of something that makes all beer better. You'll be rich

 

[brian2can]

The beginning of vinegar: from website
http://www.gangofpour.com/diversions/vinegar/vinegar1.html

According to Brian J. Helsaple's A - Z vinegar glossary of vinegar terms, the bacteria zoogloea appears at first as a transparent haze in the vinegar fluid. Undisturbed and relying on oxygen, the zoogloea forms on the surface of the vinegar to protect the contents underneath. As it grows it becomes leather like but upon touching it you discover a slimy, slippery yet solid rubbery mass of gelatinous something. If left undisturbed it can grow to a thickness of 1.25 inches per year. Allowing alcohol additions to wet the surface of the zoogloea cuts off oxygen. It will sink to the bottom lifeless allowing another to form to protect the contents.

I would get to it before it turns all into vinegar. I would try to not disturb too much and then try to get the siphon tube in to bottle up.

 

[Waunabeer]

The beginning of vinegar: from website
http://www.gangofpour.com/diversions/vinegar/vinegar1.html

According to Brian J. Helsaple's A - Z vinegar glossary of vinegar terms, the bacteria zoogloea appears at first as a transparent haze in the vinegar fluid. Undisturbed and relying on oxygen, the zoogloea forms on the surface of the vinegar to protect the contents underneath. As it grows it becomes leather like but upon touching it you discover a slimy, slippery yet solid rubbery mass of gelatinous something. If left undisturbed it can grow to a thickness of 1.25 inches per year. Allowing alcohol additions to wet the surface of the zoogloea cuts off oxygen. It will sink to the bottom lifeless allowing another to form to protect the contents.

I would get to it before it turns all into vinegar. I would try to not disturb too much and then try to get the siphon tube in to bottle up.

The only thing is that he stated when he touched a piece it broke into tiny particles. So it doesn't seem to have a rubbery makeup. It also has grown into this within days or weeks, not the better part of a year like the above stated.

 

[dwarven_stout]

Why did you start another thread with the same pictures after people in your original thread told you they didn't think it was infected?

 

[tcbucher]

Because I'm interested to see if anyone can identify whats going on and/or if it has happened to someone else before. Thread really isnt about whether or not my beer is infected, just what the heck that is in the carboy. i figure a slightly different crowd may run in this forum that could identify it.

Why did you start another thread with the same pictures after people in your original thread told you they didn't think it was infected?

 

[Seven]

That stuff looks pretty gnarly. Almost like scrambled eggs.

Is this stuff growing and/or spreading? It may be a good learning experience to leave it be in the carboy to see what it does. For science!

 

[NordeastBrewer77]

I may be totally off here, and in no way do I think I know what that is in your carboy, but it really looks like something (yeast and trub) peeled away from the side of your carboy and is now floating on your beer. Did those things slowly form or just seem to pop up quickly?
Weird lookin' stuff, almost does look like scrambled eggs!