What is this layer in my fermenter?

[RoosterKitchen]

Hey all,
I started dryhopping the Plininan Legacy IPA from Northern Brewer today

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2...egacy1-1527035124003.pdf?14840900587305679227

About 3 hours after adding the first charge of dry hopped yeast, I noticed this reddish layer in the yeast collection ball of my Fastferment. You can see from the photos that there's another layer of yeast and hop sediment below it, so it's not that. It's reddish in color and almost looks like a layer of oil. Any ideas about what this may be?

Closeup

• RoosterKitchen
• Feb 18, 2019

Reddish layer closeup

 

[Nugent]

Can't tell from the photo, but my guess is that it's the settling trub layer. If it's oily, it may be hop oils (?), since you likely used a lot of hops for a Pliny clone, but I doubt that they'd be visible as a defined layer.

Wait until fermentation is done to worry about what's what in the fermenter. I suspect that everything will be fine.

Cheers