Bacteria? Yeast? Pics included!

[Xaphoeous]

I took the lid off of my primary after about 11 days to check the gravity and was greeted with all of this stuff on top. I have not seen it on top of any of my beers before. Here are a couple of pics. The links at the bottom of this post are to the full-size hi-res versions.

The white looking ring around the edge is just reflection of the bucket...

and up close...

Pic 1 Large
Pic 2 Large

Thank you for your insights!

 

[Revvy]

It's fine, it's just one of the ways a krausen falls and leaves some "krausen Kurdles" behind. There's no rhyme or reason, but sometimes it forms oddly symmetrical shapes.

 

[Xaphoeous]

Awesome! You should have seen my reaction..."YES!!! It's Revvy!!! This guy's a genius."

Thank you so much for your quick response! I was a bit panicked!

 

[Reno_eNVy]

That's one of the coolest beer pictures I've ever seen!

 

[jonmohno]

I was gonna say.. looking at that white ring i was skepticle until you said just a reflection. That pattern reminds me of some kind of old walpaper,its kinda artful. Ive never seen such a uniform pattern perfect ferment like that. well at least til you opend the bucket it was perfect.

 

[Fid]

That's one of the coolest beer pictures I've ever seen!

Agreed!

 

[jerryalan]

Funny. At first glance I thought you had a pepperoni pizza. Now I'm hungry...

 

[Xaphoeous]

Well I'm glad it's a great beer pic and that it's not infected or anything!

It does look like old artistic wallpaper or pizza, hahaaaa

 

[Revvy]

Or a Fractal or Mandelbrot or whatever they are called...These;

 

[two_hearted]

Its beautiful.

 

[Xaphoeous]

I'm like a proud father with all of these kind words about the beauty of my beer.

 

[jonmohno]

Ha ha ha , im waiting for someone to match this with a wallpaper picture.I know there is one. i know it.

 

[StarCityBrewMaster]

The symmetry is stunning

 

[sudsmcgee]

It's a yeast fractal!

 

[Mongrel]

Its beautiful.

Yeah it is. I probably would have had the lid off, and my camera out long enough for it to become infected.

 

[vinoterp]

It's a yeast fractal!

My thoughts exactly!

 

[BigJerk]

I had one that looked like this once, when i racked off of it there were little holes all over the yeast/trub bed. I think it was releasing co2 from these little pockets, it was really quite fascinating and beautiful. It was on of my first brews, so I thought it was normal, but unfortunately I've never seen any of my brews do this again.

 

[brewit2it]

Great pic!! It's not done though. Let it go at least another week.

 

[Xaphoeous]

Great pic!! It's not done though. Let it go at least another week.

Another week huh? Ok, I was planning to transfer to secondary tomorrow evening (14 days in primary) and dry hop it a bit with about 0.5oz of Simcoe since it doesn't taste or smell like much yet. Perhaps I'll just leave it another week then?

 

[Monkey55]

I'm glad I read these threads because my first guess is that it was an infection.

However, I'm relieved to know that it's only a pepperoni pizza..

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[Golddiggie]

Another week huh? Ok, I was planning to transfer to secondary tomorrow evening (14 days in primary) and dry hop it a bit with about 0.5oz of Simcoe since it doesn't taste or smell like much yet. Perhaps I'll just leave it another week then?

I would give it 3-4 weeks on the yeast before thinking about moving it... Of course, you CAN just toss the dry hops right in primary, and have one less thing to clean. Just 1/2oz of hops isn't enough to worry about, for trub...

If you go a full 3 weeks on the cake, then add your dry hops, you can let it ride in primary until it's ready to bottle up... Chances are, you'll have a much better brew that way. :rockin:

 

[MeatyPortion]

I took the lid off of my primary after about 11 days to check the gravity and was greeted with all of this stuff on top. I have not seen it on top of any of my beers before. Here are a couple of pics. The links at the bottom of this post are to the full-size hi-res versions.

The white looking ring around the edge is just reflection of the bucket...

Thank you for your insights!

That's actually a really cool picture. It's like if Alex Grey got into homebrewing.

 

[Reno_eNVy]

That's actually a really cool picture. It's like if Alex Grey got into homebrewing.

WIN!

The tricky part would be for him to make the yeast form shapes of naked people or a woman giving birth... ya know, since that's like his bread-and-butter.

 

[unionrdr]

I think that pic would look cool if what we used to call diazzo effects were applied to it. It's sort of like playing around with layering color separations. I imagine the ps programs can do that now.

 

[Xaphoeous]

I would give it 3-4 weeks on the yeast before thinking about moving it... Of course, you CAN just toss the dry hops right in primary, and have one less thing to clean. Just 1/2oz of hops isn't enough to worry about, for trub...

If you go a full 3 weeks on the cake, then add your dry hops, you can let it ride in primary until it's ready to bottle up... Chances are, you'll have a much better brew that way. :rockin:

When I have dry hopped before, I've put the hops in a cheesecloth bag of sorts. Do the same or just sprinkle them on top of the beer? They are Simcoe pellets, 0.5oz

 

[unionrdr]

I like the idea of using hop sacks. Keeps everything cleaner that way. I did that on my last brew,& it's clearing in the bottles very nicely.