r/Homebrewing • u/thepope99 • 25d ago

Is this bottle infected?

I just brewed a cream ale. First time cold crashing and using gelatin. This is what formed inside a bottle. The rest seem fine, but some have a much smaller pellicle on top.

To me it looks like mold. Curious, that the rest of the bottles seem fine for now.

https://imgur.com/gallery/3O1Ak2O

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u/Klutzy-Amount3737 25d ago

Doesn't look right to me, I suspect you are right, it's infected.

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u/thepope99 25d ago

I tasted it. Doesn't taste infected, but I never tasted infected beer :). Smells good and well carbonated.

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u/timscream1 25d ago

This bottle goes to the trash, better safe than sorry. Hope the other bottles are good!

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u/thepope99 25d ago

As I said in another comment. Taste and smell are both normal. If I die later, remember me and the last beer I drank - a weird looking cream ale.

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u/avdolainen 24d ago

if it's infected, you won’t die, but you’ll spend a lot of unpleasant time in the bathroom.

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u/thepope99 24d ago

Even better lol

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u/Reggie11williams 24d ago

I’ve had a few batches that produce bottles with this, after time most of them have settled, Yeast rafts?

Taste and smell were always fine. A bit of wild yeast I’d also imagine is the case here

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u/thepope99 24d ago

Looks like protein/gelatin that was not fully dissolved. To be honest, this is the first time I use gelatin and then cold crash and I didn't stir after adding the gelatin.

Though, it was gushing slowly as I opened it with no head.

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u/chino_brews 24d ago

That dry film/ice floes appearance seems more consistent to yeast or an infection by unwanted microbes to me. The gushing - see: https://old.reddit.com/r/Homebrewing/wiki/gushers

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u/HetKanon 24d ago

Looks infected; at least im 95% sure. However if I had a bottle like this I wouldn't throw it away. It doesn't look fuzzy, does it? It's almost impossible for harmful molds to grown in a bottle. Brett however survives. Perhaps store it away for several months somewhere safe in a box (in the case it turns out to be a bottle bomb) and then test it. Who knows you made an awesome wild/sour beer.

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u/DragonKing258 24d ago

I had this happen when I massively over pitched bottling yeast into my imperial stout. I suspect it was krausen from the carbonation. I left them alone for another week or two, the stuff went away, and everything was fine. Carbonation and taste was good.

Maybe do the same but put it in a bucket to catch any shards from a potential bottle bomb?