Infection???

[Hoppah]

Ok, so I'm still relatively new to the brewing community. I've done a few festa brew kits and have enjoyed them but I had one ruined...not sure why and I just put in a new batch of Westcoast IPA and noticed this after 3 days. Might be nothing but wanted to check with the experts 😉

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[flars]

That does not look like an infection. Take another look and a hydrometer reading in a week.

 

[Pkrd]

Thats just yeast getting busy. Give them some privacy for another week please.
RDWHAHB.

 

[troglodytes]

Looks like a wonderful krausen. You're good, it's just fermenting like it should.

It may be infected if there was something in your bucket, but you'll never know at this point; it'll take a bit longer for that to develop. I wouldn't worry though.

BTW, what was ruined about your previous brew? Was it a definite infection or just bad off flavors?

 

[Hoppah]

Bad off flavors...I'm assuming I had some temp fluctuations as I'm quite sure there wasn't anything else in it. I'm very careful to wash with the pink powder and rinse very well and then with Sodium Metabisulphite and a very good rinse again

 

[kristiismean]

here is a more important question,

Why are you opening the fermenter at 3 days??????

if you want to see inside, use a clear fermementer, but at 3 days, 5 days, etc you shouldn't even be in the think about it stage, you should be in the "that's a good smell coming out of the airlock" stage, or even better, "what should my next beer be" and not even be thinking about it.

 

[Hoppah]

Haha, I know...I'm just bad at leaving it...

 

[flars]

Bad off flavors...I'm assuming I had some temp fluctuations as I'm quite sure there wasn't anything else in it. I'm very careful to wash with the pink powder and rinse very well and then with Sodium Metabisulphite and a very good rinse again

Not sure what the pink powder is but I would discontinue the use of Sodium Metabisulphite and use a no rinse sanitizer like Star San for beer.

 

[Hoppah]

Pink powder is basically a chlorinated phosphate I believe...supposed to do the killing lol

 

[PADave]

here is a more important question,

Why are you opening the fermenter at 3 days??????

if you want to see inside, use a clear fermementer, but at 3 days, 5 days, etc you shouldn't even be in the think about it stage, you should be in the "that's a good smell coming out of the airlock" stage, or even better, "what should my next beer be" and not even be thinking about it.

Exactly. Keep that fermenter sealed up. If you got to see, get a clear one. Than you can sit and watch the yeast do their dance. Every time you take that lid off, you are doing more harm than good.

 

[swampbrewcrew]

Looks fine to me. Let it ride.