Commercial beers, cloudy chunks

[cushdan]

Has anyone encountered commercial beers (from the bottle) that have clear/white cloudy chunks floating in them?

I recently had this happen with a Smuttynose Big A IPA and have had it happen in the past with a Delirium Tremens. They taste fine and I end up drinking them but I'm obviously curious if there is anything to worry about here. I meant to post a pic but they're gone...

 

[Scimmia]

Just some yeast floating around. Very common with Delirium Tremens. Nothing to worry about at all.

 

[LVBen]

Has anyone encountered commercial beers (from the bottle) that have clear/white cloudy chunks floating in them?

I recently had this happen with a Smuttynose Big A IPA and have had it happen in the past with a Delirium Tremens. They taste fine and I end up drinking them but I'm obviously curious if there is anything to worry about here. I meant to post a pic but they're gone...

Blue Moon can have white chunks. I believe it is just wheat that has not been filtered out.

 

[cushdan]

I just found this, it seems a little more probably than yeast based on how it looked:

Floaties - These are chunks of solid matter floating in your beer. Never a pretty sight. But not always bad. There are two types of floaties. The first are big blobs of protein. These look ghastly. They are essentially harmless, though. I know it doesn’t look that way and you probably agree. In the 1970’s, enough people decided that the floaties in Schlitz were such a problem that the brand took a precipitous slide from #2 beer in the US to a regional novelty. I mean, floaties killed an absolute juggernaut. But deep down, they aren’t unhealthy.

I'll assume they're protein from now on

 

[Retarded_Penguin_Brewing]

I'll assume they're protein from now on

i wouldn't want to think about white protein chunks floating in my beer

 

[PolishLogic]

Oh wow, the title reminds me of an experience from back in college....

Since we were broke students my friends and I used to drink malt liquor on a pretty regular basis. So one day I opt for some Colt 45 to try for the first time (it was on sale for something like $1.50 for a 40 oz), crack it open, take a swig, and cringe at the nasty aftertaste. As I'm putting it down on the table I notice that the beer looked like eggdrop soup. All these nice sized chunks of white stuff floating around. Of course, my friends all gave me a good trashing about what it was that I possibly drank.

Needless to say, I dumped it. If I recall correctly, that also put an end to my malt liquor days as a whole. Figured I'd just start "splurging" on Keystone.

 

[carnevoodoo]

Oh wow, the title reminds me of an experience from back in college....

Since we were broke students my friends and I used to drink malt liquor on a pretty regular basis. So one day I opt for some Colt 45 to try for the first time (it was on sale for something like $1.50 for a 40 oz), crack it open, take a swig, and cringe at the nasty aftertaste. As I'm putting it down on the table I notice that the beer looked like eggdrop soup. All these nice sized chunks of white stuff floating around. Of course, my friends all gave me a good trashing about what it was that I possibly drank.

Needless to say, I dumped it. If I recall correctly, that also put an end to my malt liquor days as a whole. Figured I'd just start "splurging" on Keystone.

Well, I have to say that it is very unlikely that there was yeast in your Colt 45. Who knows what the hell happened to that thing.

 

[PolishLogic]

Well, I have to say that it is very unlikely that there was yeast in your Colt 45. Who knows what the hell happened to that thing.

I remember thinking "should I gag myself? I have no idea what I just ingested", but decided to just hang in there. Obviously I turned out fine....and this extra arm is actually quite handy now that I'm used to it.

 

[LVBen]

Oh wow, the title reminds me of an experience from back in college....

Since we were broke students my friends and I used to drink malt liquor on a pretty regular basis. So one day I opt for some Colt 45 to try for the first time (it was on sale for something like $1.50 for a 40 oz), crack it open, take a swig, and cringe at the nasty aftertaste. As I'm putting it down on the table I notice that the beer looked like eggdrop soup. All these nice sized chunks of white stuff floating around. Of course, my friends all gave me a good trashing about what it was that I possibly drank.

Needless to say, I dumped it. If I recall correctly, that also put an end to my malt liquor days as a whole. Figured I'd just start "splurging" on Keystone.

So... what you are trying to tell us is that you were a 'swallower' in college?

 

[ChshreCat]

Are you sure you were drinking Skittlebraü?

 

[MGAZ]

I've had this in both ***** Creek and Sweetgrass from grand teton brewery.
Both are bottle conditioned, I believe.