Mold on Beer

[bluehomebrew]

I moved an English Pale Ale recipe about 6 weeks ago into a fermenter and I haven’t opened it or stirred it since then, mainly due to my own negligence. The beer is covered in mold, am I right that this should be binned? Or is it salvageable? Please let me know.

 

[phettebs]

At first glance, I thought maybe it was a brettanomyces pellicle but it does look moldy. I think I'd bin it myself.

 

[obscure]

Yeah I hate to say it but that looks like mold to me, personally I would ditch it.

 

[TonyT]

That looks pretty grim, I’ve never seen anything like that before. Looks to me like what happens to jam if you stick a buttery knife into it. I’m guessing that there must be some kind of foreign body in it to precipitate that. Did you taste it?

 

[Hoppyland]

I would definitely not drink that. It definitely looks to me like mould, and certain moulds can produce quite nasty toxins. Plus, for mould to grow, I think there must have been oxygen in the headspace, so the beer would almost certainly be very poor anyway.

 

[BeerCat]

Mold. A pellicle would cover the beer. That looks nasty.

 

[bluehomebrew]

Thanks guys, I’m not going to risk trying it! Kept it in my store cupboard and somehow something must have got in there! Damn

 

[Plot72]

Compost would appreciate it