I've never had an infected batch to my knowledge so might not know exactly what I'm looking at, but I've seen a lot of close up pictures of pellicile and I don't "think" this is one? Never had bubbles like this though. Looking really close, I just see what looks like dry hop fragments.That’s a pellicle, means you have a wild yeast or bacterial infection.
Infections take time to show themselves. The wild bacteria or yeast needs time to reproduce and populate before it creates a pellicileI've never had an infected batch to my knowledge so might not know exactly what I'm looking at, but I've seen a lot of close up pictures of pellicile and I don't "think" this is one? Never had bubbles like this though. Looking really close, I just see what looks like dry hop fragments.
Also the timing as outlined above, it had over two weeks and wes looking still and normal before the first cold crash, then this just showed now three days after dry hopping.
I don't believe that is normal behavior for any commercial yeast, which is why I think it might be a pellicle.Will large bubbles like that ever appear if it is NOT infected?
No offense to you but I would have never put that beer into my kegs. If it is a bug, you just potentially infected your system. To be better save then sorry you should break the keg down completely replace, clean out all poppets, and replace all draft lines and ball lock connectorsOk just an update for anyone how cares.... the conditioning bottles to this point look like the fermenter... clear in the middle, but a ring of what looks like particulate of some kind around the edge, that I've never seen in any of my other bottle conditioned beers. Moving the bottle at all causes it to start to break up and sink. I'm chilling one and will pop it tonight to make sure they aren't about to explode.
Took a sample off the keg, and the carb isn't quite there yet, but the taste seems a little off to me. I've made this before and it was better.
Not going to submit it for competition. The good news, the wheat beer batch done after this one looks done and no evidence of anything looking weird on the surface, so I'm hoping the issue was that I didn't clean the fermentasaurus well enough after the first batch in it. Will tear it all the way down to clean and sanitize before using it again.
No offense to you but I would have never put that beer into my kegs. If it is a bug, you just potentially infected your system. To be better save then sorry you should break the keg down completely replace, clean out all poppets, and replace all draft lines and ball lock connectors
That’s a good call for the keg, Doesn’t beer sit in the line in between pours? That’s plenty of time for bacteria to take hold. It’s the most rapidly reproductive organisn on our planet. Any microscopic cracks or defects will trap bacterial and wild yeast. It’s very good practice to replace the lines if you suspect infection.]
I considered that and will definitely break the keg all the way down and soak every component.
The draft line, I normally dont leave anything in it very long..
Cold temps just slows it down. Food and beverages still spoil in your refrigerator(think milk going bad) due to bacteriaOk, I can do that... wouldn't be a big deal. Better safe than sorry if it might be an issue.
I thought the cold of the kegerator would stop anything from further developing though?
I believe the cure for an infected system is a quick flush with OneStep (or comparable cleaner), which I do after every time I change a keg out. I place OneStep into a clean keg, attached the carbon dioxide line, and flush the liquid through the system. This should be sufficient, yes?No offense to you but I would have never put that beer into my kegs. If it is a bug, you just potentially infected your system. To be better save then sorry you should break the keg down completely replace, clean out all poppets, and replace all draft lines and ball lock connectors
Maybe I am over careful but I watched a friend battles an infection for over a year. His beers would start out fine and then get funky in his keg. He used varies cleaning and sterilizing products and even replaced all his carboy fermenters. He finally found the source of infection was in his co2 post propet. He replaced the entire co2 post on the keg and all issues went away. Due to this I’m always very particular about sanitationI believe the cure for an infected system is a quick flush with OneStep (or comparable cleaner), which I do after every time I change a keg out. I place OneStep into a clean keg, attached the carbon dioxide line, and flush the liquid through the system. This should be sufficient, yes?
YES! At least there were similarities. I had a cream ale going and it had a thick layer of yeast across the top and some large clear bubbles. Caused me to panic a bit but was normal. The color of your layer looks like yeast many pellical pics I’ve seen are lighter on the white side (which doesn’t mean other shades are possible). I’d go with the taste it keg it and drink it fast advice.Dammit.
Will large bubbles like that ever appear if it is NOT infected?
This looks okay to me.Next batch in that fermenter...
Compared to your original photos, these look even less concerning in my opinion. (The first photos were only borderline concerning IMO and we're still not certain that batch was contaminated.)Next batch in that fermenter...
You're repitching yeast? ... And it's the same lot of yeast as the last batch in question?I was about to change to a new packet of that yeast anyway.
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