My porter has been in the secondary fermenter for a little over 2 weeks now... and I just went and looked, and there's lots of little specks floating on the surface. here's a pic:
is this normal? other beers i've made haven't ended up like this... (the dust is on the outside of the fermenter, not inside... i sanitized everything as usual)
hoping it's not mold or anything... any ideas?
That does not look good. Did you open the carboy at all and give it a smell? Does it smell like mildew or otherwise funky? If so, you have mold.
If not, look closer - it could just be some sediment in suspension or possibly clusters of little air bubbles.
That does not look good - probably mold. Have you opened the carboy? Does it smell mildewy? If so, it is probably mold...
kiwi wrote:
sanitized
Looks OK to me...
---------->Denny
Im going to assume thats not sarcasm... if its not, can you tell me what you think that is? I ask because I had a porter do the same thing, and at one point almost had a skin on it (ya know, like when you let gravy go awhile without stiring it). Mine smelt fine, I bottled it, drank it, and it tasted fine (little too heavy on the coffee tho), even drank a bottle month or so ago (bottled it back around oct) and it was ok... Im just curious so if I see it again I won't worry...
---------->Denny
Indeed....thanks, Bob!
------->Denny
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