KJoseph
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Hey,
So I'm brewing an Imperial IPA. I was wicked strict about sanitation (I'm a microbiologist), using StarSan religiously on EVERYTHING. The recipe:
19.6 lbs of Malt Extract, + DME, and 1 extra lb of dextrose
2 oz Warrior hops at the beginning of boil (90 minute)
1 oz Warrior hops at 60 minutes
1 oz Simcoe hops at 45 minutes
1 oz Falconer's Flight at 30 minutes
3/4 tsp Irish moss at the 15 minute mark
1 lb of Dextrose at the 10 minute mark
1 oz of Falconer's Flight & 1 oz of Simcoe hops at the remaining 5 minutes.
pitched 2 packets of US-05 ale yeast, and hopefully ferment between 67F and 74F. First two days were at 80F, I simply couldn't control the ferocious fermentation released energy that was going on.
Now I check it around 13 days later, and this is what I see. It smells good though, and no weird film, just these orange circles floating on the top. Is this bacteria? I can't tell if its hops or not.
I have a pretty good nose for bacteria and mold, I've worked with a ton of it. These patterns of small colonies strike me as potential contamination though, however the orange definitely would scream mold to me if it was between bacteria or mold.
So I'm brewing an Imperial IPA. I was wicked strict about sanitation (I'm a microbiologist), using StarSan religiously on EVERYTHING. The recipe:
19.6 lbs of Malt Extract, + DME, and 1 extra lb of dextrose
2 oz Warrior hops at the beginning of boil (90 minute)
1 oz Warrior hops at 60 minutes
1 oz Simcoe hops at 45 minutes
1 oz Falconer's Flight at 30 minutes
3/4 tsp Irish moss at the 15 minute mark
1 lb of Dextrose at the 10 minute mark
1 oz of Falconer's Flight & 1 oz of Simcoe hops at the remaining 5 minutes.
pitched 2 packets of US-05 ale yeast, and hopefully ferment between 67F and 74F. First two days were at 80F, I simply couldn't control the ferocious fermentation released energy that was going on.
Now I check it around 13 days later, and this is what I see. It smells good though, and no weird film, just these orange circles floating on the top. Is this bacteria? I can't tell if its hops or not.
I have a pretty good nose for bacteria and mold, I've worked with a ton of it. These patterns of small colonies strike me as potential contamination though, however the orange definitely would scream mold to me if it was between bacteria or mold.