White mold?

[JoeTrott]

I left my wort in the primary for approx. 90 days. When I went to bottle there was a white, skinlike layer on top of the wort. I bottled it anyway. Can anyone tell me what the white milky skinlike substance is?

 

[NewWestBrewer]

I left my wort in the primary for approx. 90 days. When I went to bottle there was a white, skinlike layer on top of the wort. I bottled it anyway. Can anyone tell me what the white milky skinlike substance is?

Photo?

 

[botigol]

Sounds like a pellicle, but a photo would really help.

 

[JoeTrott]

Sorry. I already bottled it. I wasn't thinnking. It looked milky and very thin kind of like when you boil milk too hot and a skin develops on the surface. It had a couple of bubbles. I strained it through a paint strainer and dropped a cup of Vodka in it. Currently it is bubbling away

 

[JoeTrott]

Yep its a pellicle

 

[bmiller8]

Be careful with those bottles. Going to keep getting more pressure in them

 

[JoeTrott]

Wonderful. Thanks. I will wear a face shield when I handle. My G Paw used to make root beer when I was a squirt. He would put it in the hothouse to carbonate. Quite often they would pop very loud and more than once he ended up cut from a exploding bottle but he always wore a face shield.

 

[JoeTrott]

The product turned out just ok. It's drinkable very cold. None of them popped so far

 

[ImNoExpert]

I'd say keep them cold and drink them quick.

Then again, I say that about most beer.