A mysterious fun guy.

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Permalink Reply by Soren on April 29, 2010 at 11:17pm

i've got no idea what that is but it looks like some kind of funky infection to be honest. if it is the batch is probably lost but if it still tastes good, getting it cooled down (and drunk) as fast as possible would probably be advised. are you kegging or bottling?

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Permalink Reply by Dunc on April 30, 2010 at 6:59am

Bottling. Will do so tomorrow.

Pity - I've got a stack of Amarillo in there that would have come on nicely over the next week or so.

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Permalink Reply by MrC on April 30, 2010 at 7:49am

Looks pretty bad to me. I've read that in some scenarios (mold?), you can skim off the nasty bits and the beer should OK as long as it tastes OK. Personally I'd tip it out and move on.

What sanitiser do you use? Get some starsan if you haven't already.

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Permalink Reply by Barry on April 30, 2010 at 7:57am

Looks like you might have brewed yourself a flanders red: link

That's a pellicle from some kind of wild yeast - I'll defer identification to those with more knowledge on the subject.

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Permalink Reply by Dunc on April 30, 2010 at 8:36am

That's looks like it.

Maybe I should keep growing it and see if it'll climb out of the fermenter on its own.

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Permalink Reply by Stu McKinlay on April 30, 2010 at 8:49am

hell Barry, some of those pics look like something off a slideshow they showed us a school when I was about 14.

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Permalink Reply by Barry on April 30, 2010 at 8:50am

I know! Man after seeing it like that in the fermenter I'd really struggle raising the first pint to my lips eh.

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Permalink Reply by Dunc on April 30, 2010 at 9:23am

A closer image.

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Permalink Reply by denimglen on April 30, 2010 at 7:55pm

I've had that before - it tasted alright so it went into the keg and was a good beer.

I'd be VERY careful bottling this batch. Some wild yeasts will continue to ferment higher sugars slowly over time that normal sacc yeast can't, this can lead to bottle bombs, so be careful with those bottles.

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Permalink Reply by Pilgrim on April 30, 2010 at 11:25am

Did you hear a thump in the night, looks like the Big Bang and a lot of galaxies far far away.

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