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OzzyPeeps

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Anyone know what is going on here?

This is, (or was) slurry harvested yesterday

Overnight in the fridge and it looks like this

I know lutra is ridiculously flocculant ...

But I always get mixed up about which bit is supposed to be the good viable yeast, the top or the bottom ...

I'm guessing the good stuff is probably on the bottom?
 
Maybe a dense yeast cap being temporarily held in place by CO2 coming out of suspension. I imagine after a few days in the fridge equilibrium will be achieved and it’ll look like yeast at the bottom, liquid in the middle and gas on top.

I’d use any or all of it if repitching, myself.
 
Thanks for the replies. I swirled and used about a third in the end ...
 
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