Hey guys,
I just bottled my first brew this AM. An Irish Red Ale kit using LME. I see the term yeast cake thrown around a lot on here. When I racked to my bottling bucket, I expected a pretty dense cake-like "cake" on the bottom of the fermenter. Instead, I was greeted with a whole lot of loose crap floating all over around the bottom. I actually had to dump a decent amount of beer because so much was in suspension.
Is this normal, or was there an issue somewhere? If it matters, I used Muntun's dry yeast and pitched by just sprinkling on top if the wort. Also, at the end of the boil, I added a whirlfloc tab. I didn't secondary, but it was in the primary for three and a half weeks.
Thanks in advance!
I just bottled my first brew this AM. An Irish Red Ale kit using LME. I see the term yeast cake thrown around a lot on here. When I racked to my bottling bucket, I expected a pretty dense cake-like "cake" on the bottom of the fermenter. Instead, I was greeted with a whole lot of loose crap floating all over around the bottom. I actually had to dump a decent amount of beer because so much was in suspension.
Is this normal, or was there an issue somewhere? If it matters, I used Muntun's dry yeast and pitched by just sprinkling on top if the wort. Also, at the end of the boil, I added a whirlfloc tab. I didn't secondary, but it was in the primary for three and a half weeks.
Thanks in advance!