bmellis
Well-Known Member
So I racked my first beer, a London Porter kit, after four days of fermentation and reaching the expected final gravity reading. Around day 7 I noticed flat clumps of many pieces of small debris floating on the top of the beer in the secondary (see pics), and they are still there now on day 9. Now I am assuming this may be yeast, but I thought all that was supposed to sink to the bottom once fermentation is complete (I have had the same, expected specific gravity reading for 5 days now). If I agitate the beer, the clumps disperse into a slight film floating on top of the beer and reclump after a while. Despite its youth, the beer tastes great already and I'm sure everything is fine. But for future reference I just want to know what's considered normal and what's not. So does anyone have an explanation for this stuff floating on my beloved beer?
Sorry for the quality of the pics, I don't have a digital camera so I have to use my cellphone:
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Sorry for the quality of the pics, I don't have a digital camera so I have to use my cellphone:
04-14-09_1805 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
04-14-09_1804 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!