Infected?

[krisp]

I noticed a white skin on top of my beer in secondary this afternoon. Don't think it was there yesterday. The airlock was secure, and I didn't fish out any to taste. The beer smells like beer. It was in primary for 7 days and this is day 3 in secondary. It might be getting some indirect sunlight which is the only real difference from previous brews.

http://krisp.com/IMG_6158.JPG
http://krisp.com/IMG_6157.JPG

[corkybstewart]

It's hard to tell from those pictures but I think I see some stringy filaments in the second picture. That's not good unless you're brewing a wild ale. Really all you can do at this point is taste it. I would let it sit a couple of weeks in secondary. If the film gets thicker or more rope-like I would taste it before I went to all the trouble to bottle it. It could be nothing, it might be CO2 bubbles, it's a little early to know.

[dparsons]

I'm with Corky. The picture looks like it might be something other than Krausen, but its hard to tell. It won't hurt to let it go until you know for sure.

[krisp]

While there is still what looks like a grayish-white film on top, i haven't noticed any strands, and now there are lots of very small bubbles and a moderate amount of larger bubbles extending from it, so I assume it's yeast activity. Since I don't bottle anyway, I will just keg it this weekend and see if it turned out OK or not.