Do I Have An Infection?

[breitling]

I brewed an IPA and 6 hours after pitching my starter the foam at the top of the batch has a lot of bright yellow stuff. Is the batch infected?

Bob

[BeerPal]

Pix pleez

[Brandon]

I brewed an IPA and 6 hours after pitching my starter the foam at the top of the batch has a lot of bright yellow stuff. Is the batch infected?

Bob

Even when I pitch bug blends it takes a long time to see funky action. I don't think an infection would form in 6 hours. Its probably hop matter in the top of the foam

[Mills]

Without pics, my guess would be hop matter.

Mills

[ResQ]

Hop matter or Krausen flotilla. Either way, RDWHAHB! I had an Eisen Bock go south. I noticed when I was 7 weeks into fermentation and there was still some slight bubble action around the edges. More like a fizz. No off color noticed. Sure enough, it tasted like gasoline soaked cabbage.

[brewinhard]

Hop matter or Krausen flotilla. Either way, RDWHAHB! I had an Eisen Bock go south. I noticed when I was 7 weeks into fermentation and there was still some slight bubble action around the edges. More like a fizz. No off color noticed. Sure enough, it tasted like gasoline soaked cabbage.

Gasoline soaked cabbage? Man where can I get some of that? Aging that one will turn into a frozen turnip over time.

[ResQ]

more like a gasoline soaked frozen turnip

[brewinhard]

more like a gasoline soaked frozen turnip

Feed it to your drinking buddies after they have had a few of your GOOD homebrews...