Anything wrong with yeast looking like this?

fatfat · Jun 23, 2013

I made a couple batches of brown ale with S-04. The yeast cake for one them looks normal, but the other one seems to be flocculating in a weird manner. It looks like there's a layer of cottage cheese above the yeast cake (see attached picture). Does anyone know what's wrong with it?

AT-JeffT · Jun 23, 2013

Looks like break material to me. I'm guessing this was one batch and you split it up into two (1)gallon fermentors. The right one being filled after the left one. Thus receiving more more break material. Sound about right?

fatfat · Jun 23, 2013

What is break material?

fatfat · Jun 23, 2013

and my friend and I made the two separate batches side by side.

AT-JeffT · Jun 23, 2013

http://www.howtobrew.com/section1/chapter7-4.html

http://www.howtobrew.com/section1/chapter7-2.html

Its fine by the way.

eastoak · Jun 23, 2013

fatfat said:
What is break material?

your carboys.

Anything wrong with yeast looking like this?

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