I recently did a dead guy kit and couldn't find any pacman yeast, so I decided to harvest my own. I had a couple of their 09 Russian imperial stouts, so I made a starter with those. then I went and bought a hazelnut brown and Shakespeare stout just to be safe because the stouts were so old..the starter took off fine and I stepped it up twice. everything seemed okay...but being my first time harvesting, I am just worried I may have caught an infection. it looks fine but I haven't ever seen yeast settle like this brew has. the yeast seem to be sticking to the side of the carboy in a weird spotty pattern. is this normal?
the first picture is the krausen about 3 days in, then the second 2 are about a week or so in when the yeast started settling. I checked it earlier today (about 2 weeks in) and the krausen is gone but the yeast are still stuck to the side. I have had this set at a constant 59-60 for the last 2 weeks. I am planning on dry hopping this week..just wanted a little reassurance that this was normal. I haven't used pacman before so I'm hoping it's just the yeast. sorry for the ramble..im out of town trying to type this on my cell phone. thanks for the help!
the first picture is the krausen about 3 days in, then the second 2 are about a week or so in when the yeast started settling. I checked it earlier today (about 2 weeks in) and the krausen is gone but the yeast are still stuck to the side. I have had this set at a constant 59-60 for the last 2 weeks. I am planning on dry hopping this week..just wanted a little reassurance that this was normal. I haven't used pacman before so I'm hoping it's just the yeast. sorry for the ramble..im out of town trying to type this on my cell phone. thanks for the help!
