Is my beer infected?

[winstonia]

I didn't take a pic, haven't dumped yet but it's pretty similar to this but without the bubbles.



It's on day 7 HBC discover america extract kit. I closed the lid and throw some hops in and it's started bubbling after 5 mins, no airlock activity the past 3-4 days.

[LordEoin]

The light brown clumps look fine but i'd also be suspicious about those bubbles as it means there's a film of something growing on the top.
take a pic of your own beer and post it up so that we can see
How does it smell and taste?

[winstonia]

The light brown clumps look fine but i'd also be suspicious about those bubbles as it means there's a film of something growing on the top.
take a pic of your own beer and post it up so that we can see
How does it smell and taste?

I haven't tasted it, smell is hard to describe like something over carbonated. The flash on my camera is making it look more white, no mould showing just those orange looking spots/clumps. Gravity is at 1.009

[beerfly]

Mostly looks like yeast, I have had similar whitish stuff before too.  Clean a spoon or something with starsan or boiling water and take a taste. If there is anything else going on there it's the easiest way to check

[winstonia]

Had a taste, still hard to describe. It didn't taste flat anyway, seems to have started fermenting again as the airlock is bubbling every 5-10 seconds. Tasted a bit like a friends cider with that rhinofart without the egg

[baphomite51]

iv had a lot of these moments meself but ya just need to ride it out, to be honest it just looks like yeast i wouldn worry bout it just yet, once theres no bubbles like u said, bottle it up give it a week to carb and try it, id say the white stuff is hop oil, wat kind of beer is it??

[beerfly]

if you did not want to spit it out after tasting it then its fine

[tpc2001]

You've got to be patient. Just leave things alone for at least two weeks, then see where you're at.

Tom

[winstonia]

Yup, drinking it at the moment and it's fine. Best one yet actually.

[molc]

I think the beers you most fear turning into a disaster are usually the ones that taste like nectar from a god