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Hi guys I was just transfering my APA that I mashed last saturday to secondary and the yeast looked really odd to me... It stoped fermenting on wednesday... And I just put it in the fridge at about 5 celsius. It fermented in a range of 18-21 in two buckets... Help pleaseee... Thanks...

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Looks like a mix of proteins and yeast. All of the infections I've seen form a layer on top of the beer. Did it look like something was on top?
 
Smells and tastes great... Thats why I couldnt think it was contamined... Just looked really odd... By secondary I meant i put both buckets into one without the yeast...
 
dudybrew said:
Smells and tastes great... Thats why I couldnt think it was contamined... Just looked really odd... By secondary I meant i put both buckets into one without the yeast...
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You're good to go.
 
I had my last brew look exactly like that it was a kolsch. I used whitelabs german ale/kolsch yeast. It almost looks like cooked rice. I was thinking it was cause I fermented it fairly cold 58 degrees. Then I let rise to 67 to finish after that I dropped it down to 42 for the rest of the time. I wonder if that process had anything to do with it? Btw the beer came out great!!
 
bratrules said:
I had my last brew look exactly like that it was a kolsch. I used whitelabs german ale/kolsch yeast. It almost looks like cooked rice. I was thinking it was cause I fermented it fairly cold 58 degrees. Then I let rise to 67 to finish after that I dropped it down to 42 for the rest of the time. I wonder if that process had anything to do with it? Btw the beer came out great!!
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WLP029 is great... my go to "house" strain.
 
I used a dry yeast safbrew us 05... What you guys think about it? Liquid yeast is still quite expensive in Brazil...
 
It's a fine yeast. I use it in almost all of my pales and ipas. Look into washing and saving yeast from your finished beer to save more money.
 
dudybrew said:
I used a dry yeast safbrew us 05... What you guys think about it? Liquid yeast is still quite expensive in Brazil...
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Interesting! I've used US 05 a lot, and I've never seen it look like that. I'm sure it's fine, though...
 
it´s been quite a long time and I forgot to report back, in case anyone wondered about it... this beer came out really good... clean, crisp and bitter... just as I wanted it.
 
dudybrew said:
it´s been quite a long time and I forgot to report back, in case anyone wondered about it... this beer came out really good... clean, crisp and bitter... just as I wanted it.
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US-05 is great. I use it for most of my American brews. As you said they all come out clean and crisp. That picture actually looked more like what S-04 tends to look like for me.
 
dudybrew said:
Hi guys I was just transfering my APA that I mashed last saturday to secondary and the yeast looked really odd to me... It stoped fermenting on wednesday... And I just put it in the fridge at about 5 celsius. It fermented in a range of 18-21 in two buckets... Help pleaseee... Thanks...
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Brains?
 

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