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I'm brewing some beer from a Morgan's kit. It's in a secondary fermentor with an airlock and it's been about a week and a half since I've started it. I was careful about sanitation. I noticed tonight there is white slimy stringy things floating near the top of my beer. I've seen this listed in a list of beer problems before, but I can't find any information about it. Is this batch garbage?
I must admit that I have never seen what you are discribing.
If you could answer a few questions I might be able to help.
What was your OG and racking gravity?
What does the batch smell like?
What kind of yeast did you use?
What temperature are you storing the wort?
Is the wort being stored out direct sun light?
Do you know the experation date on the yeast you used?
My first thought is that you have something growing in the wort which would be bad. Or you have something in it. I once got dog hair in my batch by mistake. The batch still tasted great. As long as you were carefull about sanitiation and stored the wort at a resonable temperature you should be okay. At this point I would wait till bottling day to make a decision. The good thing about beer is you can not kill yourself. If it taste bad then I would not bottle it.
I will look to see if I can find anyting else on this. I believe that no matter the final call on the beer that I would double check and sanitize everything twice before brewing again.
Send the answers to the above questions and I may be able to give you a better answer.
Alan
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Answers by Expert:
Alan Ward
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I am a home brewer who has been brewing since 2000. For us brewing is a family activity with everyone helping in some small way. We brew mostly all grain batches, but we do some kits. I have built all of our equipment. We bottle and keg. Drop us an line, we will be glad to assist with answer or help you find where the answer is. In October 2008 we opened the Brigadoon Brewery & Brew School at the Texas Renaisance Festival. This is a unique brewpub and teaching facility located on the grounds of the Texas Renaissance Festival in Plantersville, Texas. To our knowledge we are the only functioning brewpub located on the grounds of a renaissance festival brewing using both period specific equipment and modern equipment to brew hand crafted ale and then serving it back to the public. Where we offer hands on training and live period appropriate all grain brewing through out the day. Drop by and we will be glad to answer any question you have. You can checkout the brewery at www.brigadoonbrewery.com or follow on twitter@brewschool.
Experience
Home brewing since 2000. Started with a Mr. Beer kit and worked our way up to all grain.
Former chemistry and physics teacher.
Education:
Bachelors Arts Teaching; Master Instructional Technology
Currently the Managing Member and Brewmaster for Brigadoon Brewery & Brew School.
Organizations
Master Brewers Associaiton of America
Texas Craft Brewers Guild
American Home Brewers Association
Brewers Association
Education/Credentials
Bachelors in Sports Medine from Sam Houston State University
Masters in Instructional Technology from American Intercontinental University
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