Just pitched the yeast and it is cloudy at bottom of the fermenter. Is this normal?

[Robms88]

I have just set up for primary fermentation by adding the kit, DME, Dextrose and some steeped crystal malt to 23 litres of water.

For some reason, after giving it a good stir and pitching the yeast, something has settled to a brown, cloudy, clumpy type substance at the bottom. It is very distinctive from what is at the top half of the fermenter. It is lighter colour than the wort. It looks like sick to be honest. I sanitised a long spoon to make sure that it wasn't undissolved adjuncts etc, and it isn't.

Is this normal? It formed literally about 10 minutes after pitching the yeast.

Cheers.

Rob

 

[Schumed]

Your cool....put it away for two weeks and check back then. In the mean time relax and have a beer

 

[david_42]

We call it 'trub'. Perfectly normal, it's just the bits of grain that didn't get filtered out plus some of the yeast. When all the trub is on the bottom, the rest of the beer is 'cleared'.

 

[BamaRooster]

It's ok, this is normal and usually the gunk is nothing more than coagulated proteins and hop sediment. It will all settle out into trub by the end of fermentation.