WHite labs liquid yeast question?

impulserush · 04-27-2009, 11:37 AM

Did a Copper alr brew from midwest and used my first liquid yeast. Had great fermentation but I racked to secondary yesterday and had whitl floating clumps. Also alot on the bottom. Is this normal for liquid yeasts?

**Yooper** · 04-27-2009, 11:42 AM

It doesn't sound abnormal. Some yeast strains are very flocculant (like dry Nottingham) and fall into a tight cake at the bottom when finished. Some don't flocculate much at all, and just kind of stay suspended. Some clump together in balls and float around quite a bit. They are all a bit different. Some yeast strains even look a bit like cottage cheese, but it's all ok.

brewt00l · 04-27-2009, 02:16 PM

What strain did you use and what temp has it been sitting at?

impulserush · 04-27-2009, 02:32 PM

YOOPERBREW, it looks just like a brownish cottage cheese. I used whitelabs german ale 029 and it is a nice steady 65 to 68 degrees. It smells like beer and tasted like beer, It was my first liquid yeast and wanted to make sure it was ok.

Thanks

llazy_llama · 04-27-2009, 02:34 PM

Stuff on top = krausen, hop gunk, yeast floaties.

Stuff on bottom = trub. Hot/cold break protiens. More hop gunk. Dead and or dormant yeast.

All that stuff = normal.

You = RDWHAHB.