Mould In Fermenter

[scott]

I have an all grain pale ale in the fermenter at the moment. It appears to have some light mould growth on the top. I am sure it is the beginning of a mould growth as my last brew had the same. I put that one down the sink as I was worried about getting people sick. After the last one the fermenter was washed with both napisan and steriliser with good rinses between. This is the only two times I have got a mould growth. I am brewing a small 15L batch in a 30L fermenter. We are up north in Karratha so it is quite warm, the fermenter stays indoors in the airconditioning sitting in a water bath. I have not opened the fermenter. In this second brew I dumped the whole of the boil in the fermneter as it had a large amount of late hops. The bubbler was quite vigorous for a day or so then stopped.

I am unsure what I have done wrong as far as cleanliness goes.

Can the beer be used or should it be dumped?

Thanks

 

[matti]

Providing your cleaned it out and rinsed it out properly you should be right mate
Are you kidding us ?
That mould on top is called krausen/head
say no more

To little info bout the bubbling,
maybe it is not air tight but still going greAT

 

[matti]

APRIL FOOL IS OVER BY THE WAY IN oz

 

[scott]

I wish it was an April fools joke. It's definately not krausen. The first batch was left in the fermenter for almost three weeks so it was well and truly subsided. I thought it may be that but when I was bottling it was definately a thin wispy mould growing over the top.

 

[braufrau]

I wish it was an April fools joke. It's definately not krausen. The first batch was left in the fermenter for almost three weeks so it was well and truly subsided. I thought it may be that but when I was bottling it was definately a thin wispy mould growing over the top.

Did you taste it? What colour is it?

What are you brewing? What was the recipe?

Send us a pickie. The top of beer can look weird at the best of times.

-braufrau