what are those white lumps?

[andysat]

about 3 weeks ago I poured 12 flat heineken stubbies onto a yeastcake.I bottled 11 last night and the last few had small white lumps floating on the top.I opened the fermenter and found a few more lumps inside and a thin film or skin on top.could this be an infection? can i filter them when pouring into a beerglass?

 

[Yuri_Rage]

I don't follow you. You poured flat beer onto a yeast cake and then rebottled it? Perhaps I misunderstood.

 

[Cocko]

It sounds like it would just be clumps of the yeast cake due to the huge ratio of trub to beer... Did you taste it? If it is infected you will know when you taste it!!

Best thing to do would be take them into work and give them to a work colleague

 

[Cheeto]

ok, let me get this straight.

You poured 12 flat beers on to a yeast cake.
after 3 weeks you decided to bottle this creation.
during the bottling you found a a thin film that white lumps.

does this white lump look "oily" if so it sounds like a pedicle(sp) which is a good sign of infection, I would not pursue this venture any longer.

The ones that are in the bottle, hold a great of becoming bottle bombs.

I would open them and pour them out as soon as you can !

-Jason

 

[VTBrewer]

Not to take away from the question of "what is that stuff", what were you going after with this experiment?

And yeah....you might have some bombs ticking away.

 

[Cocko]

Why would he have bombs? Surely all the yeast has left to eat in the bottles is the priming sugar?

 

[Cheeto]

If Lacto and or Brett have taken over and those yeasts eat different sugar chains, and they will continue to produce CO2

 

[VTBrewer]

I believe that a pellicle that is uniform is ok, but that a pellicle that has lumps can be volatile. Could be wrong.

 

[andysat]

I will take them to work and hand them around...nice one, cocko.

 

[size]

I will take them to work and hand them around...nice one, cocko.

ummmmmmm

wat

 

[universe]

 

[Scut_Monkey]

I am not understanding this thread.......

 

[MBasile]

about 3 weeks ago I poured 12 flat heineken stubbies onto a yeastcake.I bottled 11 last night and the last few had small white lumps floating on the top.I opened the fermenter and found a few more lumps inside and a thin film or skin on top.could this be an infection? can i filter them when pouring into a beerglass?

 

[andysat]

I'm trying to recarbonate the heinekens because a clown from work left them in the freezer o'nite and the tops popped off.
I've done it before for great results, but didn't leave them in the fermenter for 3 - 4 weeks.

 

[weirdboy]

This has the makings of a EAC thread.

 

[Rad-Rabbit]

I have brewed a beer that had a thin white almost cobweb like film on a Belgian. It was completely drinkable and added no off flavors but the film was almost non existent and had no lumps. I'm not sure if it's the same as your problem.

 

[ReeseAllen]

dude, throw all of it out. nothing about this plan makes any sense.

 

[arover]

but before you toss it, take pics of this whole debacle.

 

[hexmonkey]

about 3 weeks ago I poured 12 flat heineken stubbies onto a yeastcake.

I'm trying to recarbonate the heinekens

Flat beer + yeast = carbonation.

Duh, you guys.

 

[Runyanka]

This is one of those threads that right when I read it, it stunk of junk/bot etc. but holy cow, I am so confused.

 

[Runyanka]

Also, just squeeze some skunk ass juice in it, that should help the heinekins

 

[cubbies]

I will take them to work and hand them around...nice one, cocko.

OH man that is awesome. That is quite possibly the funniest thing I have ever read.

Oh hey, I poured flat beer on a yeast cake and now it is infected, what should I do?

Uhhh...you should probably toss it before it explodes..

Oh okay, I will take it to work and hand it out.


BAWAHAHAHA You can't make this stuff up!

 

[Revvy]

This can't be real.....

 

[GrizlyGarou]

This thread is full of fail. Even Craigtube would give you a FacePalm

Harsh.

But way more true than it is harsh...

 

[lmg95]

double facepalm action!!

 

[hexmonkey]

Step 1 - ask the guy why he opened 12 beers at once and left them in the fridge.

He said the guy left them in the freezer and the caps popped off. See below:

I'm trying to recarbonate the heinekens because a clown from work left them in the freezer o'nite and the tops popped off.
I've done it before for great results, but didn't leave them in the fermenter for 3 - 4 weeks.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

"......have done this before...."

Actually, this disturbs me the most. It's a macro beer. High production equals low cost. Wal-Mart sells it in the bible belt!

I can understand and appreciate being short on cash for luxuries but, really.

 

[dataz722]

I don't know why you guys are giving him so much crap. So maybe we see this as a waste of time and effort but I applaud the guy for not wanting to waste beer and try and make it drinkable. Yeah, he went about it wrong but give the guy a break.

 

[beerkrump]

about 3 weeks ago I poured 12 flat heineken stubbies onto a yeastcake.I bottled 11 last night and the last few had small white lumps floating on the top.I opened the fermenter and found a few more lumps inside and a thin film or skin on top.could this be an infection? can i filter them when pouring into a beerglass?

I did this with twelve bottles of urine. No one noticed anything wrong.

 

[Stoopidwon]

(scratching head) This does seem like a strange process.