KyleWolf

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Hey everyone,
So, I am producing an Imperial Brown Ale (8% ABV, 62 IBU), and I noticed that slightly sour smell never seemed to dissipate until after I opened the fermenting bucket and this is what I found.


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I have never really worked with a lot of hops before, this is also my first all-grain. So I don't know if such a thing is normal...It could be hop debris if I didn't get it out well enough, etc. Also, I transferred into secondary into a carboy to keep an eye on it, and that slightly layer is appearing yet again. Now, there shouldn't be any contamination left alive at 8% ABV, but I would like everyone's opinion on the matter.

(FYI, the room I am taking these pics in is exceptionally bright yellow, so everything is actually more brown than it appears)

Thanks
Kyle

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How's it taste? Let that be the real judge. It's hard to tell from the pictures, but I'm guessing it is just a residue from the hops.

The reflection of the lights makes it look a little like a dark egg drop soup!

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True, I haven't tasted it as of yet. The actual residue resembled something akin to old oil on water, or soda that has spent days in a glass... On the bright side, now in the carboy it smells like a brown ale and not sour

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Looks like hop residue and the second picture is just a reflection of the lights.

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tjderrington

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I say sniff and taste when you do your gravity reading. Even if it has a slight off taste, in my experience it usually mellows with time in the keg under C02 so don't pitch it out unless it is truly sour or funky smelling.

KyleWolf

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maybe I will pull some out when i get home. I wont pitch it unless it is absolutely rancid. (what can I say, its like my child, even if it has a face only a parent could love :-p)

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It's hops. Seen it a dozen times.

Just compare the stuff floating on top of the beer to the stuff caked to the side of your bucket. It's basically the same.

KyleWolf

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Right, I had hoped that, the only problem with the pic is that it makes everything look green, it is in fact multi-colored, like a small oil slick on the surface. (the krausen is actually a very dark brown, it just looks green due to the very yellow room lol).

but the more I hear it is hop the more I feel better about the situation lol.

Thanks

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Whenever I dry hop I get the oil slick look on top of the beer. Hops have a lot of oils, so the more you use later or after the boil the more likely it is you'll get the oil puddle.

KyleWolf

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cool. Thank you mohotele, that really makes me feel a lot better...I wonder what my Maharajah clone will end up looking like :-p (6oz of hops at 5min boil or flameout)

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