Whats up with my brew

[Applesnmore]

Am after some advice please.
Am about to bottle a Festival Gluten Free IPA. Started 8/2 dry hopped 18/2 but life has got in the way.
On the floating hops there is this white plate like material.
Any suggestions as to what it is, should I bottle it? Tastes OK, have it in the bottling bucket,
Many thanks

 

[Rodcx500z]

Looks like floating yeast cakes but i am no expert they will be along shortly, the good thing is it tastes ok

 

[Obadiah Boondoggle]

Am after some advice please.
Am about to bottle a Festival Gluten Free IPA. Started 8/2 dry hopped 18/2 but life has got in the way.
On the floating hops there is this white plate like material.
Any suggestions as to what it is, should I bottle it? Tastes OK, have it in the bottling bucket,
Many thanks

What yeast did you use? How does the ABV compare with the target ABV?

 

[Applesnmore]

What yeast did you use? How does the ABV compare with the target ABV?

It was the kit yeast. 1052 down to 1006 so 6% which is on target.

 

[The-Engineer-That-Brews]

Hmmm. Not sure I like the look of that - however, in the past I've seen more knowledgable people say similar things are OK - so best wait for advice from one of them...

 

[Applesnmore]

Looks like floating yeast cakes but i am no expert they will be along shortly, the good thing is it tastes ok

Temped to bottle, hopefully will be ok.

 

[Applesnmore]

Hmmm. Not sure I like the look of that - sorry.

Agreed, the dry hops pellets haven't sunk which is unusual. Brewed in a bucket, as per my normal method. Just odd. And the funny pattern is opposite the air lock, which is well filled

 

[The-Engineer-That-Brews]

Perhaps for a little reassurance, look at: Infected brew ?

 

[Applesnmore]

Perhaps for a little reassurance, look at: Infected brew ?

Thanks for the link. Shall see how it progresses in the bottle.

 

[Obadiah Boondoggle]

It looks like a yeast infection to me

The important thing is that it tastes OK

I would bottle being very careful to leave all the yucky stuff behind

And give the bucket a really deep clean

 

[An Ankoù]

Is there a slight vinegar smell?
Nothing to worry about. It looks like an infection from airborne acetobacter. Bottle it up with minimum splashing and only leaving about 1-2 cm headspace. It can't do any harm at all unless it has oxygen. Consider it an antioxidant. Bottle sooner rather than later, though.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Use it on your fish and chips.

 

[Applesnmore]

Is there a slight vinegar smell?
Nothing to worry about. It looks like an infection from airborne acetobacter. Bottle it up with minimum splashing and only leaving about 1-2 cm headspace. It can't do any harm at all unless it has oxygen. Consider it an antioxidant. Bottle sooner rather than later, though.

Cheers, no vinegary smell. It's clear, has a bright taste. Racked into the bottling bucket, left a fair bit behind so . Bottled.

 

[Applesnmore]

Use it on your fish and chips.

Hopefully not

 

[DavidDetroit]

Did you break up the mass from photo one to photo two? Photo one totally looks like an infection.
Personally, I've never had anything like that. I probably would have just thrown it away since it could effect the bottle carbing process.
If you haven't already mentioned it, maybe give an update in a month?

 

[Applesnmore]

Did you break up the mass from photo one to photo two? Photo one totally looks like an infection.
Personally, I've never had anything like that. I probably would have just thrown it away since it could effect the bottle carbing process.
If you haven't already mentioned it, maybe give an update in a month?

When I shyphoned it over to the bottling bucket, I kept the syphon tight to the side. I think the breakup is the hop cake moving, the white stuff broke into pieces, akin to flakes of soap. Bucket now filled with 30l of hot water and 60g of sodium percarbonate. Brew bottled. Is in lidded crates just in case.

 

[The-Engineer-That-Brews]

When I shyphoned it over to the bottling bucket, I kept the syphon tight to the side. I think the breakup is the hop cake moving, the white stuff broke into pieces, akin to flakes of soap. Bucket now filled with 30l of hot water and 60g of sodium percarbonate. Brew bottled. Is in lidded crates just in case.

+1 for Sodium Percarbonate - can’t be beaten IMHO

 

[An Ankoù]

Did you break up the mass from photo one to photo two? Photo one totally looks like an infection.
Personally, I've never had anything like that. I probably would have just thrown it away since it could effect the bottle carbing process.
If you haven't already mentioned it, maybe give an update in a month?

It smells OK so why chuck it out?
How could it affect the bottle carbing process? It's a pellicle on the surface of the beer-likely aerobic, then. Cut off the air supply and it goes to sleep.

 

[An Ankoù]

+1 for Sodium Percarbonate - can’t be beaten IMHO

Brice Banner and I would beg to disagree.

 

[DavidDetroit]

It smells OK so why chuck it out?

I see that view all the time. I respect that. To me, it's not the normal process the beermaking takes plus that first photo made it look pretty clear to me that it's infected. Also, I'm not going to waste time on a "maybe."
Everyone has different tolerances.