Belgian tripel different colors in fermenter

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I've been brewing for a while now and have never seen this in any of my fermenters.The top layer of this beer is a different color,way darker.Is this normal and just something i have not run into yet?

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BTW,it smelled fune when i transfered it to secondary.
 
Ok thanks guys.But now it is getting bigger,now the black is taking up the whole top half of the carboy.I think It's all going to turn black.Weird.
 
The yeast is settling. Another few days, the whole bottle will be dark, except for the yeast at the bottom.

Looks pretty to me.
 
Addicted said:
Ok thanks guys.But now it is getting bigger,now the black is taking up the whole top half of the carboy.I think It's all going to turn black.Weird.
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that's normal. it's not 'black'. in fact, it's probably only about 5 SRM if you're in style on the recipe.
 
i'm not sure what your concerned about? the yeast is settling out, this is absolutely normal behavior for most beers. the only thing different is that it's taking longer to do so.

i made a tripel about 7 weeks back, it did exactly this during secondary. at bottling time, it was all settled out.
 
Just that I've made a couple Belgians before and this Didn't happen.Guess It's normal so I'm not too worried.
 
jwible204 said:
i'm not sure what your concerned about? the yeast is settling out, this is absolutely normal behavior for most beers. the only thing different is that it's taking longer to do so.

i made a tripel about 7 weeks back, it did exactly this during secondary. at bottling time, it was all settled out.
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Exactly. THe yeast is settling out and there is less to reflect light back. I bet if you took a sample from the fermenter it wouldn't be remotely dark, it would be pale straw colored as it should be.
 

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