What contamination do I have and is it salvagable?

This is my first time posting to this forum, so if I make some edict mistakes I apologize in advance.

I have brewed this recipe, https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/homebrew-recipe/beer-recipe-of-the-week-crabapple-lambicky-ale/, for the second time and this time there are white splotches coming up on top.

I am fairly certain this is contamination but I am not sure what I should do. My instinct is to bottle it now and see what it tastes like when it is carbonated.

This is only my second contamination so I do not have a lot of experience with this. Any advice is appreciated.

Update: The beer that I brewed did have a sour pitch added, https://torontobrewing.ca/products/lallemand-wildbrew-sour-pitch-10-g. It is a lactobacillus plantarum bacteria and looking online a lactobacillus contamination can look like what I'm seeing. I'm concerned though cause I do not remember seeing it last year and I am wondering if I should bottle it early.

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Looks a little like the beginning of this: https://www.brew-dudes.com/infected-beer/597

If it were me, I'd probably go with a taste test to figure out what to do next.

Not sure how long you've been brewing (and apologies if this adds insult to injury, not my intent) but contamination is rare from what I understand. You may want to take a close look at how you are cleaning/sanitizing. Depending on the frequency of this contamination, you might have a crevice somewhere in your equipment where stuff is not getting cleaned up.

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