Fermentation temperature too cold?? (Pic included)

[tradermgp]

I put my beer in Primary about 24 hours ago. I looked at it today and saw this.

What is going on here?

I have my carboy in an ice bath. The temperature of the ice bath is about 48f... is this too cold? Have a ruined my batch? should I warm it up a little bit?

Thanks in advance!

Edit: image not working but it's on imgur http://imgur.com/wJzXcaD

 

[FirstAidBrewing]

Link seems broken. Can you repost? Without seeing fermentation conditions, I will say that 48 is too cold for most yeast. You want to get to at least 55 I think

 

[tradermgp]

Link seems broken. Can you repost? Without seeing fermentation conditions, I will say that 48 is too cold for most yeast. You want to get to at least 55 I think

sorry about that. hopefully this works. Picture

 

[j1n]

lol looks funky. it looks like trub floating around. What yeast are you using? what temp were you aiming at?

 

[Sammy86]

Looks like frozen yeast to me...48 is WAY to cold for an ale. A lot of ales yeast range in the 60's to about 72-74.

What kind of yeast and beer did you attempt?

 

[brew_ny]

as above what yeast? and here let me help you with your photo

all the best

S_M

 

[day_trippr]

looks like wlp002, don't it?

Cheers!

 

[tradermgp]

Looks like frozen yeast to me...48 is WAY to cold for an ale. A lot of ales yeast range in the 60's to about 72-74.

What kind of yeast and beer did you attempt?

I am brewing Cream Ale ( $12 Cream Ale recipe) and the yeast is Safale US-05

Is this batch ruined? I've warmed the water up to about 55f-60f

 

[Hello]

I am brewing Cream Ale ( $12 Cream Ale recipe) and the yeast is Safale US-05

Is this batch ruined? I've warmed the water up to about 55f-60f

You need to warm it up a little more. 55-60 is a bit low. The ideal temp is often on the yeast package, for future reference. Push that up to at least 64F.

 

[j1n]

I am brewing Cream Ale ( $12 Cream Ale recipe) and the yeast is Safale US-05

Is this batch ruined? I've warmed the water up to about 55f-60f

No, its not ruined. get that wort to about 65-68 and the yeast should take off.

 

[Sammy86]

No, its not ruined. get that wort to about 65-68 and the yeast should take off.

+1 to this!

The yeast are just "sleeping". Heat them up to wake them up and fermentation just be good to go!

 

[chickypad]

Yep as mentioned you just need to warm it up. As for the floating junk looks like break material, did you use whirfloc by chance? I often get either the egg drop soup look or the wet popcorn effect when using it.

 

[douglasbarbin]

Definitely looks like some coagulated proteins aka break material. Nothing to worry about. Raise the temperature to the low 60s and you will be fine.