nikkuchan
Well-Known Member
I brewed a witbier about 3 weeks ago. 2 weeks in I lugged my fermenter to the kitchen to check it out and bottle it if it was good. Everything seemed okay, but it was ever so slightly carbonated and foamy, so I decided to put it back and let it sit. About a week later I check the fermenter and there a bit of white film at the top, which from all my views of infections tells me that I have a problem (pic below). I don't think it was the muslin bags because I boiled them with wort (they're filled with coriander and orange peels; I wanted to keep them in the fermenter, but I didn't want them loose). I suspect it might have been that I opened the bucket when I checked it out at 2 weeks.
I'm very afraid to bottling because I don't want bombs (my job requires me to be gone days at a time, and I definitely don't want my wife to deal with it alone), so I decided to dump it. However, I decided to have a taste before I did, and it was good. Flavor was fine, not perfect (my temp control wasn't too good on this), but nothing off, so now instead of dumping I'm writing this. Could that crap just be on the surface? Am I safe to bottle? What's the best course of action?
I'm very afraid to bottling because I don't want bombs (my job requires me to be gone days at a time, and I definitely don't want my wife to deal with it alone), so I decided to dump it. However, I decided to have a taste before I did, and it was good. Flavor was fine, not perfect (my temp control wasn't too good on this), but nothing off, so now instead of dumping I'm writing this. Could that crap just be on the surface? Am I safe to bottle? What's the best course of action?