white film of death? or just a white film

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white film of death? or just a white film

Post by Peatbogbrewer » Thu May 28, 2015 4:25 pm

Hello,
After dry hopping a summer pale with citra i noticed a white film on the beer in the FV. It encrusted the floating hops and was on the remains of the krauzen too. It smelled fine so i have bottled. There is also a different layer of bubbles from conditioning in the bottle. I opened one a jar to have smell and agin smells good. I have read on forums that's could be an infection, lactic acid or oil from high AA hops. What do the ale sages from the almighty JBK forum suggest?

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Re: white film of death? or just a white film

Post by vacant » Thu May 28, 2015 4:44 pm

As a non-sage, there aren't any ale infections that will kill you if it's drinkable, pour it down the drain if it's rank (probably still wouldn't have killed you).
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Re: white film of death? or just a white film

Post by Peatbogbrewer » Fri May 29, 2015 10:30 am

bleached the hell out of my FV and have another go today....

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Re: white film of death? or just a white film

Post by IPA » Fri May 29, 2015 12:13 pm

Peatbogbrewer wrote:Hello,
After dry hopping a summer pale with citra i noticed a white film on the beer in the FV. It encrusted the floating hops and was on the remains of the krauzen too. It smelled fine so i have bottled. There is also a different layer of bubbles from conditioning in the bottle. I opened one a jar to have smell and agin smells good. I have read on forums that's could be an infection, lactic acid or oil from high AA hops. What do the ale sages from the almighty JBK forum suggest?

Cheers
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