Hi. I have a ruby red ale in the fermenter. I am going to bottle tonight after 2 weeks in fermenter. I have noticed a white scum starting on it like a mould. Is it ruined or ok to go ahead and bottle it
Thanks. Hopefully
It's more like big white spots than a layer of white scum
Doesn't sound great. Could be just globs of yeast though. Can you post a photo?
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Please tell me this is yeast spots.
Thanks
doesnt look good, some sort of infection. I would bottle the bottom 75% and chuck out the rest, similar has happened to me and the beer underneath tasted fine.
Thanks. It tastes ok at the minute. 3/4 of it will do me. I'll bottle it tonight. Thanks afain
Yeah if it tastes of I'd go for it too. Just chuck the mouldy stuff.
Looks like yeast spots. If your sanitation is ok and you've not been interfering with it to much since it went into the fermentor you should be fine.
I usually keep the fermenter in the spare room beside a radiator which is off. But my wife has since told me turned the rad on one night last week. Could the rise in temp be the cause of this as I'm very careful when sanitising
I hope your right hoppy. I bottled 3/4 of it. The spots disappeared during bottling. Is this good or bad ?
i've had similar before, and there's been no issues, have had foul smelling ones too turned out alright, have only ever dumped two beers in 6 years, think it's only natural to panic when you've spent 5/6 hours brewing and 2/3 weeks planning a brew.
It looks like yeast to me, I've got the same thing before if my temp control was poor
Forgot to reply to this. I got about 30 pints out of this and one of my best brews so far. I just stopped bottling when the spots got to the outlet filler. Thanks.
I threw on a batch of this yesterday. How long did u leave it sit for after bottling it?