KozHops
Well-Known Member
So I went down to check on a Honey Apricot Belgian Blonde I did a few weeks ago and noticed a thin white film developing in the bottles. I feel like my sanitation procedures are pretty good and haven't had any infection issues since my very first batch - 30+ batches ago. Here's what I am thinking:
I added the honey once primary fermentation slowed down. I boiled about 2 cups of water on the stovetop and added the honey (1 lb.) I boiled for about 5 minutes and killed the heat and let the honey cool down. Once cooled I added it to the primary.
I added about 4 lbs of apricots to the secondary. These are canned apricots in pear juice, blended in a sanitized blender. Once pureed, I add them to the secondary. I have done this a few times before and never had any issues.
I cold crashed everything and added gelatin to the secondary to clear the beer for about 4 days. Once cleared I racked to the bottling bucket.
I bottled the beer as I ususally do by cleaning the bottles with an oxyclean soak and then an isodophor cleaning.
I am making the assumption that this beer is infected, I have never seen that white film floating on the beer before. My only thought was this could have been a byproduct of the honey (never used it before) or the gelatin (never bottle a beer after using gelatin)?
Anyone out there have any idea what this could be?
I added the honey once primary fermentation slowed down. I boiled about 2 cups of water on the stovetop and added the honey (1 lb.) I boiled for about 5 minutes and killed the heat and let the honey cool down. Once cooled I added it to the primary.
I added about 4 lbs of apricots to the secondary. These are canned apricots in pear juice, blended in a sanitized blender. Once pureed, I add them to the secondary. I have done this a few times before and never had any issues.
I cold crashed everything and added gelatin to the secondary to clear the beer for about 4 days. Once cleared I racked to the bottling bucket.
I bottled the beer as I ususally do by cleaning the bottles with an oxyclean soak and then an isodophor cleaning.
I am making the assumption that this beer is infected, I have never seen that white film floating on the beer before. My only thought was this could have been a byproduct of the honey (never used it before) or the gelatin (never bottle a beer after using gelatin)?
Anyone out there have any idea what this could be?