The classic 'is this an infection?' question

[jc513]

I've been brewing for 5 years and I've never really payed that much attention to how the krausen looks. But I usually remember it looking pretty uniform. Not separated into bubbles and 'brownish, yeasty-ish stuff'. If it matters, it's a smash beer with Maris Otter, citra hops, and WhiteLabs California V ale yeast.

 

[CamG]

how long has it been fermenting in that picture ?
Did you have lots of star san foam in the fermenter ?

I don't think you have anything to worry about.

 

[meatcleaver]

looks fine to me

 

[day_trippr]

The classic question deserves the classic answer: RDWHAHB

Cheers!

 

[Drk93TT]

Looks normal

 

[Phisherman]

Looks normal to me, I make sour beers and infect intentionally....this looks fine.

 

[jc513]

yeah, I wasn't too worried. The picture was taken on day 2 of fermentation. There may have been an excess of starsan foam in the fermenter.

 

[m00ps]

eww, gross. what's all that baby poop stuff floating on top?

 

[PLOVE]

normal. maybe your just not used to a really vigorous high krausen phase. Happens when you pitch sufficient and active yeast.

 

[headfullahops]

Looks like hop residue pushed up during high kreusen of fermentation. My advice is to never get worked up about how things look until you know how things taste. I don't know that I've had 2 fermentations look the same and have learned from experience to trust my tongue over my eyes. Cheers!