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Old 10-09-2009, 06:33 PM   #1
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Default Completely random (silly) question - (yeast vortex)
Just a fun little question that I've been wondering about. I've noticed that during fermentation, when I look closely at the carboy, there's an occasional "hurricane" of yeast activity that leaves me wondering what the yeasties are going so crazy over. Basically just a spiral of yeast that looks...like a hurricane! I'm not spawning any deep-space vortex wormhole black holes of doom in my beer am I?


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Old 10-09-2009, 06:46 PM   #2
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You might be? But then again it could just be a healthy fermentation!
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Old 10-09-2009, 06:47 PM   #3
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More fun than watching a front loading washing machine, if you ask me.
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Fermentation is an exothermic process (creates heat), so what you are seeing is convection caused by warmer and cooler spots in the fermentor!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7CyR1kVClE
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Old 10-09-2009, 07:56 PM   #5
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Try an AG it's hypnotising.
the blop blop blop of the blow of and the yeast storm.

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Old 10-09-2009, 10:40 PM   #6
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so I am not the only one that loves watching that?
good to know
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so I am not the only one that loves watching that?
good to know
I've seen all those videos before and I still watch them all! lol
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I've seen all those videos before and I still watch them all! lol
I am talking about watching my own beer do that. but the videos are cool too
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I am talking about watching my own beer do that. but the videos are cool too
I just pitched a red 3 hours ago and I'm watching it like a jack in the box is going to pop out any minute


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