Waxy residue on top of beer

[reibrew]

Hey everyone,

Sad news, I think I have an infection. Beer was in the primary for a couple weeks, noticed a waxy residue floating on top. In the bottle there is stuff forming on the top, also waxy. They've only been in the bottle 10 days or so, I cracked one the other night and it tasted slightly astringenty, and the waxy stuff was on top of my beer. Not pleasant. I know I didn't sanitize my lid properly, was the likely culprit. Will it get better?

 

[reibrew]

i did a little more reading, looks like it might just be secondary krausen im noticing

 

[F250]

I've never seen krausen that looked "waxy". But without a pic hard to really say.

Rick

 

[homebrewdad]

Secondary krausen? Doesn't sound like it.

Waxy sounds like a bad thing. Krasuen is ugly, but it's usually foamy, or gunky. Not waxy.

If you are getting actual krausen in your bottles, that is bad for a different reason - indicates fermentartion is going on (aka wasn't done when you bottled), which means that you could be in for bottle bombs.