Dry Hopping - hops turned brown

[cdubbaya]

This is my first time dry hopping, and I noticed the hops are turning brown in the secondary. I transferred our Hop Haven Imperial IPA to secondary on Monday night, and this morning the hops are brown.

Is this normal? I guess I've never seen what hops look like after a few days in a carboy.

For pictures of what the hops looked like on Monday night, here's the recipe thread.

 

[BargainFittings]

I imagine they are just getting color from the beer.

 

[samc]

Purple would be a problem, brown is normal.

 

[cdubbaya]

Thanks, good to know. I didn't know if they were bad, or if I let too much oxygen in the carboy after racking and they're dried out.

Either way, if it doesn't hurt the beer, I don't care what color they are.