Dirty Foam.

[vicelore]

Hey guys.

Well iv been using my new keg setup for the 2nd time last night.

I had been through about 7 glasses and on the 8th noticed some wierd looking Foam.

It was really dirty looking and i didnt look good.

here is a pic. I was wondering what you guys thaught it was.

PS. I know im having big overcarbing issues in this pic.. LOL

Cheers Vice.

 

[Fents]

hairbrush on a rope or is that a shower back scrubber? :lol:

 

[Fents]

and what kind of beer was it mate might help with an answer. i usually see that brown head on stouts sometimes. off white, cream or the beige?

 

[Spartan 117]

looks like a bit of sediment just got mixed up with the beer(or in this case foam). Have you tasted it ?

Aaron

 

[vicelore]

LOL Nice pick up Fents.. i think its a hair brush. Not to sure i was at the GFs so it would be hers.

It was a witt beer. I had poured various glasses before this and it was nice white head.

I thaught maybey some head dried up in the glass or something by this time ??? i poured it out i was just wondring if you guys had seen simular.

Cheers Vice

 

[cubbie]

Are you pouring from a bottle? Over carbonation in the bottle is likely to rouse the yeast when you pop the cap. The yeast then will colour your foam.

 

[vicelore]

Cubbie it was a keg mate.

Using it for the 2nd time.

I was more worried that it might be going bad as this keg defently isnt very sanitary.

As me and a mate where drunkenly setting it up he kept drinking straight from a beer out hose.. Even after i told him not to 100 times lol
He also kept squirting me and the 2 cars in the garage... It was pretty funny at the time though.

Cheers Vice.

 

[cubbie]

Cubbie it was a keg mate.

Using it for the 2nd time.

I was more worried that it might be going bad as this keg defently isnt very sanitary.

As me and a mate where drunkenly setting it up he kept drinking straight from a beer out hose.. Even after i told him not to 100 times lol
He also kept squirting me and the 2 cars in the garage... It was pretty funny at the time though.

Cheers Vice.

Hence why you said keg in the OP. I should learn to read good...

 

[raven19]

I was more worried that it might be going bad as this keg defently isnt very sanitary.

As me and a mate where drunkenly setting it up he kept drinking straight from a beer out hose.. Even after i told him not to 100 times lol
He also kept squirting me and the 2 cars in the garage... It was pretty funny at the time though.

Once the beer is in the keg, and purged with CO2, I wouldve thought the chance contaminants entering the keg would be nearly zero.

Unless after dispensing the beer (direct from beer line into mouth - clever ), what was in the line was getting sucked back into the keg (like mine previously as my posts needing servicing!). Even then, with inert CO2 gas pressure & being in the fridge, I would've thought it cant 'go bad'.

Other thought is the top of the head foamy jug of froth has more air touching it, could colour it different. If I recall correctly many years ago making a spider (ice-cream & cola), the top of the great tasting foam would turn a brownish colour after a while too...?

Happy to be corrected on this however, just my 2c.

 

[vicelore]

Yea Raven

I didnt think it was very clever. But Try telling a drunk guy to hold a line with no tap kinked whilst i was attaching the beer line.. As soon as it started squirting ( becuase he didnt kink it ) straight into his mouth.. then i force carbed again and it prob got sucked back in.. Im not too worried about his germs etc i just didnt want infections in the keg. I think it might be getting close to empty now anyway.

Ill just pour another tongiht and if it look/smells ok ill pollish it off and give her a good clean lol..

I gotta say it was a very fun night though trying to get it working.

Cheers Vice.

 

[Tony]

looks like yeast to me

cheers

 

[cubbie]

looks like yeast to me

cheers

Yep agree. Although I stupidly referred to bottling before the same holds true for kegging. Do you filter into the keg?

 

[vicelore]

Nah i didnt use a filter. I do have a syphon but i wasnt sure how to/CBF sanatising it so i just used the tap in the bottom of the fementer .It does has one of those little plastic filter thingys on the back of the tap though.

Cheers Vice.

 

[cubbie]

Well there will always be a bit of yeast there, even if you can't see it when transferring.