Infected batch?

[Gurt204]

Hey guys, still a little knee to home brewing, have this batch sitting in the fermenter for two weeks but can’t tell if it’s infected or just a bit of left over Krausen? Any thoughts?

 

[Beekeeper]

Looks pretty good. Does it smell good and yeasty (bread bakery) or bad and moldy?

 

[hotbeer]

Looks good to me. Did the recipe have a lot of additions of other stuff besides hops?

My week old very hoppy NEIPA actually looks a bit like that right now. I'm not worried.

 

[Gurt204]

Smells normal to me. Only other addition was 1lb of Lactose durning the boil. Thanks guys eased my nerves lol

 

[jrgtr42]

Yep, looks like krausen to me. If it was infected, it would have a filmy layer over the top. Do a search for "show your pellicle" to see what those look like.
Not every infected batch gets those, but most do.

 

[GoodTruble]

Looks fine/within realm of normal.

98% likely that it will be just fine.

 

[fragged]

You should just play it safe and send it over to me...