Beginnings of lacto infection or not?

[airbrett]

These white powdery looking specs appeared on top of the beer practically overnight. This is day 5 of dry-hopping a Sculpin IPA clone in the secondary fermenter.

I was planning to bottle Sunday, but could bottle tonight if it would reduce risk.

 

[ArcaneXor]

Doesn't look like lacto to me. It's also unlikely, because most lacto strains aren't very tolerant to hops.

 

[airbrett]

That's what I was hoping. I was very careful to sanitize everything, and had the spray bottle handy spraying everything that came in contact during the transfer twice for good measure.

Are there infections that are hops-tolerant that I should worry about? I'll definitely give it the taste and smell test when I bottle either way.

 

[BlueHouseBrewhaus]

I had some of that look with my last dry hop. I think it's just hop particles.

 

[airbrett]

They were indeed some type of particles. It did not increase over 36 hours and everything smelled and tasted normal when bottling. Thanks all.

 

[beergolf]

Lacto is hop intolerant. If it is a hopy beer the chance of it being a lacto infection is slim and none.