Floaters in Carboy

[Carroll]

Hello everyone from Halifax, Nova Scotia! I am making a kit amber ale and have some chunks suspended about 1/2 way down my 6 gal carboy. They occurred after I added 12 oz of bourbon that was soaking oak chips. I added the bourbon after the ale was 2.5 weeks in the carboy after the primary fermentation. Am I ruined? This morning it look like a brain but has disappeared quite a bit. Still that darn blob suspension. Help with advice if possible. It's my first batch.......Thanks everyone for the great site!

 

[kev211]

Probably just yeast floaties. Do you have a picture? Give it a smell and a taste. Either way, it sounds like yeast rafts that are settling out. Either give it a bit or siphon and avoid them. Doubt its anything to worry about.

Oh, and welcome to HBT and the hobby! Plenty of great resources on this site so enjoy!

 

[flars]

Brain blob sounds like it is just some break material suspended by CO2 after your addition. It will drop out.

 

[kev211]

What yeast? I know some yeasts (WLP007) have a tendency to look a lot like egg drop soup (or brain blob haha)

 

[Carroll]

Thanks all. I will give it another week and bottle. That will make almost 4 weeks in the carboy. Strange it happened just after the bourbon addition. I have lots to learn!!!!! This site is really a great find. Here in Nova Scotia a 6 pack averages 14 dollars so some decent homemade brew will ease the pain on the wallet a bit!

 

[kev211]

Could just be that when you added the bourbon it swirled some stuff up. Hope it turns out!

Btw... Site rules, since we helped you now have to send us a bottle of the finished product

 

[RM-MN]

Thanks all. I will give it another week and bottle. That will make almost 4 weeks in the carboy. Strange it happened just after the bourbon addition. I have lots to learn!!!!! This site is really a great find. Here in Nova Scotia a 6 pack averages 14 dollars so some decent homemade brew will ease the pain on the wallet a bit!

When you added the boubon you disturbed the beer a little. That causes the CO2 that was dissolved in the beer to outgas. That outgassing lifted some of the break material. Give it time to settle out again.

 

[Carroll]

Sounds logical now. My next batch I will add oak/rum before I rack to the carboy.

 

[CanadianNorth]

I wouldn’t panic yet- I’d suggest a cold crash if you have a fridge to put your carboy - or give it some time.

Hello from Newfoundland !