This struck me as odd and it is the first time I have encountered this. Here is my process and the observation. While heating the strike water I occasionally stir the water to get the super hot stuff mixed throughout to achieve a more uniform temp. At 144 F I stirred the water. When the temp...

I am not sure, since I have not seen this before, but it looks like I have some sort of mold in my wort on an all extract beer I am making. I did the same as always, which was to oxygenate my wort before pitching for 10 minutes using a sanitized air stone and hose. Everything was sanitized...