Your Help Needed! Photo of contaminated beer, pretty please?

[Yooper]

I'm finishing up my powerpoint for HomebrewCon 2019. My topic is alternative fermentations (not beer) but I need one more photo.

I want to show a gnarly contaminated beer. The idea is "Spoiled vs Fermented", and I want to show what a non-desired group of microbes can do to a beer (or anything, actually).

Anybody willing to post up a photo I can use for the seminar? Of course credit will be given- provided you're willing to admit your identity of that nasty looking beer!

In exchange your name and submitted photo will show up here (duh) and also in front of dozens of interested people who will exclaim "Ewwwwww!" and maybe give you an "Awwwwww!" as well.

 

[balrog]

Wish I had something for ya with all the help you've given over the years but I am unable, and I suppose lucky at this point

 

[day_trippr]

Surely you can find a suitably horrifying picture in our own "show us your pellicle" thread?
I mean there's some frightening stuff there and not all of it was intentional

Cheers!

 

[knash3]

I'm finishing up my powerpoint for HomebrewCon 2019. My topic is alternative fermentations (not beer) but I need one more photo.

Yooper, you're welcome to my picture of Stout Funk on the "show us your pellicle" thread. This was an unintended wild fermentation, truly an image of gnarly things gone wrong. It's here: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/threads/pellicle-photo-collection.174033/page-64#post-8503557

 

[RPh_Guy]

I want to show a gnarly contaminated beer. The idea is "Spoiled vs Fermented", and I want to show what a non-desired group of microbes can do to a beer (or anything, actually).

Are you looking for photos of mold or pellicle?

Pellicles are certainly "desirable" in plenty of cases

 

[Yooper]

Are you looking for photos of mold or pellicle?

Pellicles are certainly "desirable" in plenty of cases

Either- because these are things that would be 'contamination' in the foods and drinks I'll be discussing. We're talking about microbes, from spontaneous lacto fermentation to cultures like those for cheese and sausage. More just of a picture to generate discussion, really.

 

[RPh_Guy]

The pellicle photo thread linked above should be good.

There's also the "infection" thread
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/threads/post-your-infection.71400/
Though, only about half the stuff there is a contamination.

Also see here:
http://www.milkthefunk.com/wiki/Pellicle
http://www.milkthefunk.com/wiki/Mold


I don't really want to unnecessarily open some of these jars for obvious reasons, but I hope these can help...

Mold:

Mold growing under and on top of a pellicle:

White and Green Mold (I think the red is bacteria), and a pellicle:

Mold:

Mold:

Here you can clearly see ~3 separate mold growths plus a pellicle:

Here's a pellicle:

Here's the same pellicle in its early stage:

Here's a pellicle on top of kräusen/foam in a cider culture:

Pellicle on mead:

Etc etc. I can take more if needed.
Cheers

 

[IslandLizard]

The pellicle photo thread linked above should be good.

There's also the "infection" thread
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/threads/post-your-infection.71400/
Though, only about half the stuff there is a contamination.

Also see here:
http://www.milkthefunk.com/wiki/Pellicle
http://www.milkthefunk.com/wiki/Mold


I don't really want to unnecessarily open some of these jars for obvious reasons, but I hope these can help...

Mold:
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Mold growing under and on top of a pellicle:
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White and Green Mold (I think the red is bacteria), and a pellicle:
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Mold:
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Mold:View attachment 631199
Here you can clearly see ~3 separate mold growths plus a pellicle:
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Here's a pellicle:
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Here's the same pellicle in its early stage:
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Here's a pellicle on top of kräusen/foam in a cider culture:
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Pellicle on mead:
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Etc etc. I can take more if needed.
Cheers

You've been busy...

 

[bob1852]

 

[IslandLizard]

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Wow, without any context, that looks extraterrestrial in origin. Colonies on Neptune, perhaps?

 

[Jag75]

@Az IPA - Man that would be a cool picture to hang on the wall .

 

[Yooper]

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Is that YOURS? Can I use it? It's beautiful!!!!!

 

[Yooper]

The pellicle photo thread linked above should be good.

Etc etc. I can take more if needed.
Cheers

Awesome! I think the "three mold" one is awesome. I'll see where I can fit one or more of those- thank you!

 

[bob1852]

@Az IPA - Man that would be a cool picture to hang on the wall .

I keep meaning to do that!

Is that YOURS? Can I use it? It's beautiful!!!!!

Yes, and yes!

Let me know if the resolution isn't high enough, and if so, PM me your email address....

 

[bracconiere]

here's a jar of what i was hoping would be clean koji mold for rice wine.....or i was going to try corn wine actually...

sorry my camera is from the 90's....

 

[AkTom]

Let me check my refrigerator...

 

[Yooper]

I keep meaning to do that!



Yes, and yes!

Let me know if the resolution isn't high enough, and if so, PM me your email address....

I will. Do you have any story to go with it? What you were trying to make and what you actually made, etc? I love it!

 

[TallDan]

You're welcome to use my pictures that I posted in this thread:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/threads/my-first-infected-batch.658052/

Might have higher res versions on my phone..

 

[bob1852]

You're welcome to use my pictures that I posted in this thread:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/threads/my-first-infected-batch.658052/

Might have higher res versions on my phone..

That one's awesome, especially due to the half n half of funk and normal krausen.

 

[day_trippr]

I remember that one. It looked like there was an epic biological battle going on and the bugs from the East were on the attack