Hose a de RR
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On Feb. 8, I brewed my second batch of beer, an English Pale Ale. The wind was very gusty that day and about half way thru the boil a leaf landed in the brew pot. I had a bee drop in my first batch (Bienenstich Hefeweizen). What's next...a turkey buzzard?
Anyway, I have a fermentation frig with an external controller that I set to 70 degress. By the 13th, the bubbler had slowed significantly and the SG was 1.015 so we racked to the secondary fermenter.
Nothing happened until today, Feb 18, I sneaked a peek and noticed little flecks of white stuff floating on the surface of the beer. Using a Maglite shining thru the side of the carboy, I could see small bubbles raising to the surface and there is about a 1/2 inch cake of yeast on the bottom. I hoped to take a better picture of it but my digital camera is having trouble focusing thru the glass of the carboy.
My first batch had a very active fermentation and the kraeusen formed in the secondary within a couple of hours.
After 5 days in the secondary is this kraeusen slowly forming or did my beer get infected?
Anyway, I have a fermentation frig with an external controller that I set to 70 degress. By the 13th, the bubbler had slowed significantly and the SG was 1.015 so we racked to the secondary fermenter.
Nothing happened until today, Feb 18, I sneaked a peek and noticed little flecks of white stuff floating on the surface of the beer. Using a Maglite shining thru the side of the carboy, I could see small bubbles raising to the surface and there is about a 1/2 inch cake of yeast on the bottom. I hoped to take a better picture of it but my digital camera is having trouble focusing thru the glass of the carboy.
My first batch had a very active fermentation and the kraeusen formed in the secondary within a couple of hours.
After 5 days in the secondary is this kraeusen slowly forming or did my beer get infected?