infection

Hey, just posting some cool/ nasty photos of a recent infection in a witbier I brewed about 6 weeks ago. While I really wanted to just put it in the basement for 6 months and see, I tasted it on two separate occasions and it was pretty awful, and then the large amount of top layer growth...

I'm very new to brewing, and I'm making mangrove jack's blueberry cider, and when I started bottling, I had forgotten to take of the airlock/open the lid, so the water from the airlock got sucked in the fermenter, (i have a tap in the bottom of my fermening bucket) so I'm wondering if anyone...

I'm sorry if this is in the wrong forum. But we are still fairly new to brewing. We have done maybe half a dozen to a dozen bought worts with no problem until this one. We got super busy and went away on a trip and didn't move it from the primary to the secondary. I browsed briefly and got...

I know this may be an over posted topic, but I’ve brewed about 10 beers and concerned of having an infection in this beer. I didn’t clean my brew equipment after use. Had mold in my lines and beer pot. I cleaned with hit water and oxi clean. And the sanitized. I think the beer pot was fine, but...

My last 6 beers have been dumpers. I'm freakin bummed, but the bushes in my yard seem to be flourishing. A few months back I noticed a weird muddled sour-ish/tart taste in my fermenter sample. The beer was somewhat tart and not the neipa it was supposed to be. I brewed again and the same thing...

Hey there folks. I just wanted to pick your brains and see if I can solve a problem I've been having. First of all, I'm a winemaker. I've been making wine at home for a few years now. I'm no stranger to proper equipment sanitizing, healthy wine yeast smells, or keeping a good lab and proper...

I never wanted to be THAT GUY but i’ve gotta ask...is this infected? Bought a keezer from a buddy and he included a few kegs of beer with in. The beer in question is a maple barrel aged stout around 14%. Hes a proficient brewer with a good track record and is religious on sanitation. He bought a...

Hi, This year, I have brewed apple cider from fresh apples for the second time. The first time, it went great. This time, I have come across some issues that have been discussed here before, but, just to be certain, I would really appreciate if you could give me an opinion based on the photos...

Employees of some mushroom farms take serious precautions. Shower. Long sleeves. Face masks. Gloves. Long sleeves. No singing. Stationary, sanitized or sterile air. We don't need to use that abundance of care, since yeast can fight. Most of us carefully sanitize containers, bottles, and hoses...

After a few months in my basement, I noticed some of my homebrew bottles had stuff floating in them. I've divided the stuff into three categories. I would really appreciate somebody telling me what I'm looking at in each of these! These bottles were new PET bottles. There was also a white mold...

Started a yeast starter last night. Had a Bell jar since 5/17 of London ESB that I wanted to see if it was still viable. After making the 2L starter, I added the ESB. The color changed from brown to greenish grey. After 12 hours, the color of the mixture is still greenish grey, shows signs...

Started a yeast starter last night. Had a Bell jar since 5/17 of London ESB that I wanted to see if it was still viable. After making the 2L starter, I added the ESB. The color changed from brown to greenish grey. After 12 hours, the color of the mixture is still greenish grey, shows signs of...

I have some strange slime like substance in my homebrew mead that sometimes rises from the yeast sediment at the bottom. Sometimes, the slime brings some of the sediment up with it and some of the slime stays at the top. Is this an infection or anything else I should worry about? Would my mead...

I'm a newbie! I'm presently about to bottle my third Munton's Canada Range Blonde Beer kit (comes in a can) One of the kits was a Munton's Pilsner (dark pic attached) It says after 5 to 6 days I can bottle it. Is there a risk for infection leaving it in the fermenter longer? I've read some...

I am currently brewing a chocolate and poblano pepper stout. It has been aging for a week or so after fermentation stopped, and I added some 100%cacao dark chocolate and some fresh peppers, all sanitized in vodka. A few days later I looked and this has formed. There is no airlock activity and...

Hello to all of you, just a quick question, i made a pilsener and i bottled it about ten days ago with priming sugar.Some bottles seems to have like a white pale curtain inside that moves as i move the bottle.Is it a possible infection or just something about carbonation or yeast?

i brewed my newest creation: Southern Charm (pecan pie stout) At 6 weeks OG went from 1.054 to 1.022 My calculations expected to come down to 1.008 Against my better judgement I added Safale-04 to hopefully finish fermenting the sugars that still remain, however 3 days later the wonderful signs...

My fermentation has been stuck a couple days so I wanted to give it a little boost. I have made a restarter using some of the wart, a heap of boiled sugar water and some extra yeast. It was getting along fine, actually just continuing to ferment without any sign of krausen so I think the yeast...

This batch of mead is only 1 day old but seems to have a big bubble in the middle with, I hope, krausen on it. I have made mead before but have not gotten this before. A big bubble seems to form and then pop and form again and again. I do not notice any bad smell either. Also I am using WLP 570...

In today's episode of "Is it infected"? Double IPA. It went 10 days in the primary and was fine. I put it in the secondary and dry hopped 5 days ago. Went to bottle and had this. Tastes normal, but still a little worried. Thoughts?