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[brewman]

Today is the day I dry hop my Denny's Rye IPA. When I opened up my bucket I found this floating on top of the beer. Is this mold or something worse or is it nothing to worry about.My buddy's beer which is sitting right next to mine in the fermentator looks fine.Dan

[Buzz Buzzard]

Is that a film or just bubbles?

[brewman]

Its a film with film bubbles.Dan

[matt6150]

Did you taste it?

[brewman]

No did not taste it, it had no off smells, Smelled really good.Dan

[matt6150]

I would start off by tasting it.

[denny]

Looks like a brett or pediococcus infection.

[brewman]

is my beer bad now and should I toss it?Dan

[Buzz Buzzard]

there are folks here who do that to their beer on purpose!

[macbrak]

I'd taste to make sure its ok then if so bottle/keg and drink fast.

[djinkc]

I'd taste to make sure its ok then if so bottle/keg and drink fast.

Yeah, and try to rack from under it.

[Jdtirado]

Looks like a brett or pediococcus infection.

I agree the innoculate looks like pediococcus elementus dumus and dumus

[Jdtirado]

I would start off by tasting it.

Yeah Dan grab some of the film and taste it!If you do, I will send you some antibiotics for the runs

[BlKtRe]

Looks like a brett or pediococcus infection.

Yup a infection. The quicker you drink and the colder it is the slower the process. This is a sanitation issue. That bucket is toast for normal beers.

[Big Nake]

A lot of times you see a thread like this I hope it's just yeast. Yeast has a tendency to float around and sometimes come to the surface. But this does not look like yeast. It does look like some kind of infection. I usually don't know what kind of infection because I consider them all to be bad although I know some people do this on purpose. If it tastes okay, it's possible to rack out from underneath it and try to keep from getting that white, powdery stuff into the destination vessel.Also... you know what's weird about that shot? There's no yeast ring around the surface of the beer. Where's the crusty ring-o-yeast? It looks like wort or beer that was poured into a VERY clean bucket. Usually a beer that just finished fermenting has yeast around the surface of the primary. ?

Edited by KenLenard, 14 July 2012 - 01:27 PM.

[BlKtRe]

A lot of times you see a thread like this I hope it's just yeast. Yeast has a tendency to float around and sometimes come to the surface. But this does not look like yeast. It does look like some kind of infection. I usually don't know what kind of infection because I consider them all to be bad although I know some people do this on purpose. If it tastes okay, it's possible to rack out from underneath it and try to keep from getting that white, powdery stuff into the destination vessel.

Im one of those people. So this looks pretty tasty to me.

[beach]

I agree the innoculate looks like pediococcus elementus dumus and dumusLOL. Nice one JD. Yeah, that's an infection. Do as others have said and do it quick.Beach

[beach]

Nice catch Ken. What's up with that? Infected from day 1?Beach

[brewman]

Secondary

[brewman]

Yup a infection. The quicker you drink and the colder it is the slower the process.This is a sanitation issue. That bucket is toast for normal beers.

Why is this bucket bad, cant get it clean ever again???