Benn
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- 5/12/12
- Messages
- 950
- Reaction score
- 462
Good evening Brewers,
Yesterday arvo bottling- i opened the deep freeze which my fermenter had been in for the last 8 weeks (18deg.) to find a decent amount of fluffy green mould (like the stuff that grows on old bread) on the internal walls of the freezer and also some small smudgy/dusty looking patches on the outside of the fermenter and on the tap. I did my best to clean & sterilize the tap.
My question is not whether I might get an infection- the beer looked and tasted good so i went ahead and bottled it, what I'd like to know is, is an infection from this type of mould likely to cause bottles to explode or just cause the beer to taste like .... If it is likely to cause explosions it would be nice to know in advance.
I now know I've got to be more thorough with cleaning the deep freeze before each brew, has this mould problem happened to other people?
Interestingly, almost all of the mould that was growing on the fermenter was where my hands had come in contact with it i.e around the top/lid area and the tap.
Thanks,
Benn
Yesterday arvo bottling- i opened the deep freeze which my fermenter had been in for the last 8 weeks (18deg.) to find a decent amount of fluffy green mould (like the stuff that grows on old bread) on the internal walls of the freezer and also some small smudgy/dusty looking patches on the outside of the fermenter and on the tap. I did my best to clean & sterilize the tap.
My question is not whether I might get an infection- the beer looked and tasted good so i went ahead and bottled it, what I'd like to know is, is an infection from this type of mould likely to cause bottles to explode or just cause the beer to taste like .... If it is likely to cause explosions it would be nice to know in advance.
I now know I've got to be more thorough with cleaning the deep freeze before each brew, has this mould problem happened to other people?
Interestingly, almost all of the mould that was growing on the fermenter was where my hands had come in contact with it i.e around the top/lid area and the tap.
Thanks,
Benn