ummmm white floaty in my airlock??? should I be worried...

[802VermontHomebrew]

I am rounding my 3 weeks on my primary for my autumn amber ale from midwest supplies.... and went down to the basement just now and took a look at my airlock and noticed a "white floaty"... ummmm all my equipment was properly sanitized and cleaned very well.... This is my first batch including steeping grains that were in the mesh like bag... I am guessing its from those?? no idea... Hopefully its not from an infection. I followed the directions every step of the way...

 

[broadbill]

Probably mold....is it just water in your airlock (not sanitizer or alcohol)? Either way, no problems, just dump it and refill.

 

[802VermontHomebrew]

yeah just water in my airlock... but i did sanitize with starsan rinsed and then used tap water to fill.

 

[802VermontHomebrew]

nothing that can harm my beer I hope!

 

[broadbill]

Nope, it'll be fine. next time you can fill with some cheap vodka to prevent that form happening.

 

[devilishprune]

You can also use some sanitizer that you had leftover---as long as it isn't bleach. I don't think that you would want to get that in your beer by accident.

 

[dzlater]

That's what an airlock is for to keep the white floaties out of the fermentor

 

[MikeG]

yeah just water in my airlock... but i did sanitize with starsan rinsed and then used tap water to fill.

Ya, if you're sanitizing the airlock with starsan just fill it up with the starsan and put on your fermenter.

 

[TheWeeb]

+++ On Vodka! Nothing grows in it, and if you get suckback no problem Plus, you can drink it when finished, yes, a tiny sip, but it does pick up the flavors of the fermentation (which can be horrible or somewhat interesting).

 

[v2comp]

Vodka is great!