Author Topic: beer contamintaion (Read 5922 times)

eaholljr · « **on:** November 06, 2009, 11:31:48 am »

Hello all!

I have a question about beer contaimintation:

How can you tell visually when your beer is contaminated. I'd like to know from primary, secondary, bottles, and kegs. If anyone has pictures of this, that would be a GREAT visual! Thx!

-Eldon

niquejim · « **Reply #1 on:** November 06, 2009, 12:27:12 pm »

This one was done intentionally (see my mango beer recipe)

ryan6458 · « **Reply #2 on:** November 06, 2009, 03:35:49 pm »

A big clue is that the beer is cloudy, but it's not chill haze or yeast.

eaholljr · « **Reply #3 on:** November 06, 2009, 08:53:59 pm »

The reason I am asking this is because I have NEVER had this happen to me yet. Does mold look like mold (bread mold)? I just need some close ups pix or illustrations to give me an idea. I'd hate to work so hard at something and loose it all to contamination.

Thx

-Eldon

tfries · « **Reply #4 on:** November 06, 2009, 09:41:49 pm »

This is a good sign of an infection. It was a stored yeast sample that accidentally got left out of the fridge. The same thing hit my pear cider when, due to a set of unfortunate circumstances, I had to neglect for a month. It is probably acetobacter from fruit flies.

eaholljr · « **Reply #5 on:** November 07, 2009, 12:17:37 am »

That's what I'm talking about! Thx!

Eldon

tom · « **Reply #6 on:** November 07, 2009, 08:23:54 am »

But, just because your beer may look ok, doesn't mean it isn't contaminated.

American
Homebrewers Association

Author Topic: beer contamintaion (Read 5922 times)

eaholljr

beer contamintaion

niquejim

Re: beer contamintaion

ryan6458

Re: beer contamintaion

eaholljr

Re: beer contamintaion

tfries

Re: beer contamintaion

eaholljr

Re: beer contamintaion

tom

Re: beer contamination