Infection?

[judsonp]

AKA mandatory newb beer question.

This is a Belgian blonde ale with tart cherries added (after primary fermentation finished). Whole cherries were doused with iodine sanitizer, frozen, thawed, and crushed before being added.

I tasted a sample drawn from under the cherry layer and it seemed fine. Fermentation bucket has a bit of a solventy odor, though.

Looks weird to me. Thoughts?



It'll probably be stuck in this bucket another 2 weeks, since I only keg and it'll take about that long to free up a keg.

 

[freisste]

Looks kinda filmy. Could be a pellicle. I'm not saying it IS infected, but it looks like it could be. Hard to tell sometimes from pictures.

I'll defer to more experienced brewers.

 

[Gear101]

pellicle, that would be my guess too. Not that beer will be undrinkable, it will just have a different taste. Last time I used Brett B looked the same. More sour

 

[ballsy]

Sour just might go well with Cherry.