Signs of infection

[UsernameTaken]

Could an infection cause the yeast cake in the fermenter to larger, or higher then normal?

I ask because I have been brewing in 2 fermenters F1 & F2 for some time and recently traced an infection back to F2, so I replaced it with F3.

However, my first brew with F1 & F3 produced a very high yeast cake in F1, which resulted it yet another infected batch, gushing from the bottle by week 3.

So now I have 2 more brews in and again the cake is high in F1 !?!?!?!??

Cheers,
UNT

 

[Hpal]

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Have a look at your sanitation at all stages very carefully I would suggest.

 

[UsernameTaken]

True!

F2 was over 3 years old and F1 is over 5 years old.

This is the first infection in F1 so maybe it needs replacing as well!

Cheers,
UNT