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So when racking my scotch ale which had been inthe primary for 8 weeks, there were strange looking brown squares which had formed in the yeast cake. It also had a strange smell, almost like formaldehyde. did i leave it in the primary too long? Is it a bad batch or will it recover with aging in the bottle?
 
Squares, thats a new one to me. Yeast cakes can be pretty funky, but 8 weeks isn't nearly enough for autolysis. The bigger question is does the beer taste alright?
 
did you take a gravity reading before you bottled? if its way under what it should be its probably infected. can you describe the taste?
 
give it time in the bottle to condition long enough for the yeast to settle to the bottom...might be as simple as the yeast don't taste good and that is messing up the beer. Don't worry yet.
 

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