Is this an infection?

[Jbug]

I brewed a sweet potato ale last Sunday... I had to split the batch in two separate buckets... The fermentation went great and is now finished.., I opened them up to fine and noticed on of the top of one beers was a film (very thin film that caught bubbles coming up) didn't really smell any different... Could this be an infection? Should I just dump the filmy beer?

[thatguy314]

Take some pictures of them both.

[Jbug]

not
possible infection

i dry hopped this beer a couple days ago so thats what all the floaters are in there and now i see this film! im guessing i infected it with something on the hops.... thanks
josh

[straight cash homey]

taste it, its not gonna kill you if it is infected. dont dump it just because it looks infected, it could be perfectly fine beer.

[BrewChemistinCO]

More than likely it's just newly evolved CO2 and some yeast riding the CO2 bubbles to the surface. Dry hopping gave you some more nucleation sites. I have my first sour going and the pellicle took a few weeks to form, not just a few days. Also, it's my understanding that nothing can live on hops that will infect your beer.

[Jbug]

Cool thanks I'll give it a taste... Worst case I'm only out a half batch! I'm hoping it's just what brew chem suggested...

[Petedadink]

my guess it looks like the start of a pellicle.

[jwatkins56550]

What yeast are you using?