infection??? yikes!!!

[je52rm]

Noob here. so i followed brandons o's graff (malted cider) recipe exactly. My first time ever using dry yeast (safale-05). pitched the dry yeast directly out of packet(as per instructed from brew store) at 72 degrees F. into glass carboy that had been fully sanitized in iodaphor solution overnight then left to drain. less than 12 hours later theres about 20-30 small white "mold" looking spots directly below the blow off tube stopper at top of glass carboy. could it be that a few granules of yeast got stuck on there and started to grow? and if thats the case, am I at risk of losing my first batch of graff due to infection? i would hope and imagine that if its the same yeast there wont be any problems

also in my experience (only 3 ale batches...brown ale, ESB, and Apricot IPA) when i use white labs liquid ale yeast i notice much more krausen activity. its been almost 48 hours since i pitched yeast into the graff and theres been minimal krausen. i used a blowoff tube thinking it would go crazy with all the sugars from the AJ but it has not even come close to blowing out. is this normal for graff vs. ales? also could this be because i used dry yeast directly pitched vs. liquid yeast?

 

[BendBrewer]

I think you might be overreacting a tad.

 

[je52rm]

true. just wanna learn as much as possible so in case i did make a mistake i wont do it again hahahaha.

 

[NordeastBrewer77]

that extreme close up pic is what you're worried about, i take it? it really looks like yeast that rehydrated, but never made it into the wort, had that happen with an apfelwien once, no worries.

 

[je52rm]

thats good to know and will put me at ease. thank u!

 

[NordeastBrewer77]