What the hell is this? Infection? Pls help

[Pelican521]

Ok so I'm in panic mode... I just dryhopped my IPA Monday night and thought I'd take a peek at it and saw this!

There's some bubbles coming from the hop bag and this "gunk" around it. I turned the carboy a quarter turn to look and all this gunk began to cascade down.

I boiled the sacks for about 10 mins before I put the hops in. Thought I was pretty careful...

What now?

 

[LovesIPA]

Looks like hop material to me. RDWHAHB. Have two, you sound like you need it!

 

[newbe]

For future dry hopping. .. sink the hop sac. With out the surface area there is less of a chance of a funk growing. Sinking the hops also allows for more hop flavor to come through and less "grassy" flavor and aroma.

 

[unionrdr]

That's just yeast rafts,krausen foam & cold break. Adding dry hops can kinda get things goin a little bit. Think nucleation points. It then stirs up the funk.
And in my experiences,letting dry hops float doesn't cause grassy flavors or aromas or moldering. Since it forms a nucleation point for dissolved co2,it re-fills the head space & will bubble a lil bit. But fruit can be another matter.

 

[johnsnownw]

You're good to go, nothing infected there.

 

[RoadKing]

Like everyone said , It looks normal. Hops are oily and leave a "slick" on top which kinda traps anything that may float up.

 

[Pelican521]

Ok, so no infection, pfew!

So do you think it's hop debris or new krausen? Weird, it was in the secondary for a week and was pretty clear of debris. Also, i tied the sacks in a knot so I don't think it could be hop debris?

Will it clear out? I'm hoping to bottle Sunday.

 

[AgingHopster]

Get a bag of marbles and sanitize them, throw them in the hop bag next time. The bag will sink.

 

[BrewManRon]

I have a bunch of glass marbles that get boiled and added to the hop bag when I dry hop. that will help to get the bag below the surface.

 

[unionrdr]

Ok, so no infection, pfew!

So do you think it's hop debris or new krausen? Weird, it was in the secondary for a week and was pretty clear of debris. Also, i tied the sacks in a knot so I don't think it could be hop debris?

Will it clear out? I'm hoping to bottle Sunday.

Re-read my 1st post. I explained it there...

 

[Pelican521]

Thanks Unionrdr I guess I was still in panic mode when I sent that last post. I've dry hopped two other times and didnt see that happen and is why I was worried.

Looks like a lot if the "gunk" has fallen but there's still some floaters.

Maybe next time I should throw the pellets in loose...

 

[unionrdr]

Nah,just keep baggin them. Then you won't have hop floaters as well. The dry hop addition usually does stir things up a bit. It just stirred up some yeast & cold break off the bottom. It usually sinks again.