Is my ginger beer contaminated ?

[Gfree]

Hi all,

Just made my first ever batch of ginger beer (water, yeast, sugar, lemons all chopped up and put into a demi-john - no pre-boiling involved).....ferment out, bottle and prime with sugar. The bottles are carbonating nicely but they now all seem to have some floaters in them. Looks a bit like little bits of goop floating in them. I only strained the ginger / lemon mush through a bit of muslin and sieve when I bottled it so I guess it could be some ginger residue but I don't remember seeing them when I bottled it. So I'm a bit worried that something nasty is growing in the bottles and it's all gone a bit wrong. (I guess if it multiplies over time that would be bad right ?)

Bit new to all so this might be an obvious question....sorry !

Anyway....I've posted a photo so if anyone recognises it as something bad (or not bad of course) I'd be grateful for heads up.

Thanks,

Geoff.

 

[RobWalker]

infections are pretty obvious so i'd say it's likely to just be gunk. pour through a sieve or something when serving adn you should be okay :thumb:

 

[calumscott]

Infections tend to either be completely invisible (so non-colonial and just living in your drink) or form a skin or pelicle rather than clumps.

No boiling? Lemons? Maybe just a big clot of pectin?