Newbie Screw Up? (pic)

[chuckydeg]

it's coopers stout with 500g of malt, I have done this brew a few times with no trouble whats happened??

 

[chuckydeg]

brew has been in for 7 days it bubbled away for about 4-5 days.

 

[Pennywise]

What's it taste like? Looks like krausen to me, but it should have dropped by now I think. Actaully sorta looks a bit like krusty krausen. Can you sanitise a spoon and scrape some out so you can feel/smell it at a closer view?

 

[browndog]

That looks pretty weird, how is the smell?

cheers

Browndog

 

[MarkBastard]

Is that grain in the actual fermemter?

 

[jonocarroll]

it's coopers stout with 500g of malt, I have done this brew a few times with no trouble whats happened??

How did you add the malt? Crushed grains thrown in fermenter? Steeped malt?

Somewhat looks like crushed malt bits floating on krausen... too low resolution to really tell.

 

[Mr.Moonshine]

By 500g malt, do you mean grain, or dried malt extract?
Looks alot to me like it's malt extract which hasn't dissolved, and little bits are floating on top.
Used to happen to me (in the boil though) when I used alot of coopers dried malt extract, had to pretty much boil the crap out of it to get it to melt and go into solution.
Did you do a boil or just put malt powder in the fermenter, put the coopers can in and top up?

Cheers,

Mr.Moonshine

 

[Bribie G]

it's coopers stout with 500g of malt, I have done this brew a few times with no trouble whats happened??

You'd need to define "malt" so we can help you if possible.

 

[chuckydeg]

it was dried malt extract i added it to the fermenter and stired it for a while till there were no more lumps visable.

then added the can

 

[cdbrown]

so the big question is what does it taste like?

 

[rackemup]

wild yeast infection?

 

[chuckydeg]

yeah well tastes ok, like stout from the fermenter should I spose but the floaties are all the way through.
aahhhggg !!!!!!! :angry:

 

[Steve]

yeah well tastes ok, like stout from the fermenter should I spose but the floaties are all the way through.
aahhhggg !!!!!!! :angry:

If it tastes ok why dont you rack it to another vessel leaving the crap behind and then bottle from that? What yeast did you use?
Cheers
Steve

 

[rackemup]

yeah well tastes ok, like stout from the fermenter should I spose but the floaties are all the way through.
aahhhggg !!!!!!! :angry:

all the way through? hmmm..
dont floaties normally float?
perhaps you have a case of the chunkies

 

[chuckydeg]

might let it sit for a few more days and hope it settles

 

[RetsamHsam]

Look up fermentation on youtube.. Find a video of a primary fermentation in a glass carboy and have a look at all the "chunkies" :icon_cheers: floating around...

My point is it is prob just yeast in your hydro sample. I don't think you have a problem.

 

[reg]

Dont throw it out.

Try transferring to another fermentor and adding finings or another clearing agent and letting it sit for another few days.
Should be OK

 

[discoloop]

If it tastes ok why dont you rack it to another vessel leaving the crap behind and then bottle from that

I've be inclined to do exactly this.

 

[The Ginger Bread Man]

It makes me feel itchy....