Problem in primary

[gyoder]

Hello all. I witnessed a rather disturbing sight I've never seen in my primary before. After the krausen fell back into the partially fermented beer it took a large amount of chunky objects with it. It's my first time brewing with lager yeast (it's a California Common with Wyeast 2112) and I don't know what to think. Is this normal? I've never seen so many chunks this large in any of my previous batches. Usually it was only hop resins left behind as a film on the inside of the carboy. These are actually chunks of nasty.

Thoughts?

 

[Fiery Sword]

I highly doubt there is a problem. I've seen some very interesting gunk meandering around there in the beer at times. Other than the chunks, is everything as expected fermentation-wise, smell -wise?

If the chunks grow tentacles, take some pictures and let us know! Otherwise, I bet it's fine.

 

[RichBrewer]

The most of the gunk falls back into the beer with every brew unless you skim it off. I wouldn't worry about it.

 

[gyoder]

It smells fine, as far as I could tell through the airlock, a biy sanitizery, as expected. Otherwise I think everything else seemed normal. Fermentation within 7 hourse with the Wyeast starter. I have just never seen comets like that flying around the beer and a large pile of them on the bottom. Such a large amount. Hmmm. I did take a picture but I seem to have misplaced the usb to the computer temporarily. If they do anything weird like grow appendages or wink at me, I'll definitely post them

Thanks for your response, this would have been a sad batch to toss. Guess I'll have to wait and see. Would it be a bad idea to open it up and get my nose in there as long as I don't drool in it?

 

[gyoder]

I've always used a blow-off hose on the 5 gallon, but both of those are full and I had to use a 6 gallon for the first time. It still reached the fermentation lock though. Another vote for it's ok? Excellent, 2-0 for keeping it.

Thanks for the response.