Should This Be Bottled?

[Thegundog]

I finished fermenting 5 gallons 6-7 weeks ago and have been so busy I have not been able to bottle the beer.

This afternoon I removed the fermenter lid to add my priming sugar and found the surface is covered in a thick substance.

Seems clear that I waited too long and now the beer has something unconscionable on the surface.

Thoughts?

 

[cmac62]

give it a taste and go from there.

 

[deadwolfbones]

That ^^^.

Sure looks like a pellicle, but it could be a delicious wild beer.

 

[Thegundog]

Dump it?

 

[deadwolfbones]

I wouldn't before tasting.