Think I have my first infection...

[swannyson7]

Today I went to move my Midwest ferocious IPA to secondary for dry hopping and came accross a bubbly mess on the surface. It's been in primary for 8 days and I suspect that it's an infection, but was wondering if the krausen on an IPA might do this due to the amount of hops? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

 

[MZRIS]

it looks like healthy fermentation to me man. let it go for a while longer and you should see that the krausen has dropped down and the beer will clear up. let it go another week atleast!

 

[MZRIS]

I have seen some real alien looking krausen before on my beers, stuff so thick the air bubbles make craters when they pop on the surface. You could drop a penny in the carboy and it would stick on top! All of this clears up when given enough time!

 

[swannyson7]

Glad to hear! Thanks for the replies. This was my first IPA and I never came across this before, so I was a bit concerned.

 

[mtyquinn]

That looks fine to me. Krausen can look pretty funky in it's life cycle. I wouldn't sweat it.

 

[Brewnoob1]

I have a thick krausen crust on my Centennial Blonde right now that looks worse than that. It looks healthy to me. Let it ride