dry hop sludge

[rhino001]

I have recently started fermenting a wheat beer which had gone through the initial few days of fermentation and the krausen had settled etc. I then added some dried orange peel and czech saaz hops straight in to the fermenter (directions from the guy at the brew shop). After about 2 hours I now have a green sludge on the top (smelling and looking particularly hoppy). I was not expecting this, is this normal? I thought about adding the hops and orange to the fermenter in cheese cloth but thought screw it and just chucked it in. Any comments appreciated.

 

[Randall]

Its fine don't worry. It will settle to the bottom and your beer will be great! Don't fear the "green sludge"

 

[rhino001]

Brilliant! Cheers Randall