Bowhunter32 Active Member Joined Sep 27, 2016 Messages 33 Reaction score 5 Location Green Bay Jun 22, 2017 #1 White grape peach strawberry. Stabilized a week ago backsweetened 2 days ago. Has this brown stuff growing on top today. What do I do??
White grape peach strawberry. Stabilized a week ago backsweetened 2 days ago. Has this brown stuff growing on top today. What do I do??
D doomy86 Well-Known Member Joined Jan 13, 2015 Messages 245 Reaction score 35 Jun 23, 2017 #2 It is difficult to see with that image quality. Can you make a better one?
OP OP Bowhunter32 Active Member Joined Sep 27, 2016 Messages 33 Reaction score 5 Location Green Bay Jun 23, 2017 #3 Hard to get a good picture in the blue carboy. It's brown like the top layer you can get in an initial fermentation.
Hard to get a good picture in the blue carboy. It's brown like the top layer you can get in an initial fermentation.
D doomy86 Well-Known Member Joined Jan 13, 2015 Messages 245 Reaction score 35 Jun 24, 2017 #4 Sorry i really can't see enough to give you an answer. It could be fungus or trub from the bottom of the fermenter. Does it look slimy?
Sorry i really can't see enough to give you an answer. It could be fungus or trub from the bottom of the fermenter. Does it look slimy?
brewskiez Well-Known Member Joined Oct 12, 2016 Messages 104 Reaction score 4 Jun 24, 2017 #5 could it be you didn't kill all the yeast and it ate the sugar you back sweetened with and had another small fermentation
could it be you didn't kill all the yeast and it ate the sugar you back sweetened with and had another small fermentation
G Gravity Supporting Member HBT Supporter Joined Dec 19, 2015 Messages 604 Reaction score 185 Jun 24, 2017 #6 Looks like healthy fermentation to me. I think brewskiez mentioned it and it could be the sugar from the fruit that got the yeast going on. Wait it out for another couple of days, it should be fine...
Looks like healthy fermentation to me. I think brewskiez mentioned it and it could be the sugar from the fruit that got the yeast going on. Wait it out for another couple of days, it should be fine...