Has anyone seen this before?

[Caboose]

I have a batch of a Spotted Cow clone fermenting at 5 days in and I noticed something I don't think I have seen before floating on top. Has anyone else seen this, is it infected?

 

[beermanpete]

It looks like yeast to me. How does it taste?

 

[Caboose]

Haven't tried, was being a little cautious. Is it safe to taste?

 

[kh54s10]

It is safe to taste. How it tastes might tell you something about what is going on. I haven't seen one like that but after only 5 days it could be what is left of the krausen.

 

[catdaddy66]

Yeast 'rafts'!

It does give one pause when you see it for the first time. I can't recall what yeasts they were but I have seen these several times and the beer was great!

 

[flars]

Could be normal. Did you add anything to the boil kettle besides the basic ingredients? Take a SG sample in another five days and check the taste.

 

[Caboose]

Yeast 'rafts'!

It does give one pause when you see it for the first time. I can't recall what yeasts they were but I have seen these several times and the beer was great!

Funny you mention that, this is my first time using Wyeast 1272 American Ale II. I had a feeling that it could be caused by that, but it feels nice to get the reassurance here.

 

[Caboose]

Could be normal. Did you add anything to the boil kettle besides the basic ingredients? Take a SG sample in another five days and check the taste.

I did include a yeast boast and maltodextrin.

 

[Upthewazzu]

It probably just yeast rafts, but I use 1272 often and haven't seen anything like that. So it probably more of a very particular chain of events that caused it.

Also, yeast tastes disgusting no matter what it looks like.

 

[beermanpete]

To be clear, I meant that you should taste the beer, not the yeast.

 

[BeensBaxter]

Yeast 'rafts'!

It does give one pause when you see it for the first time. I can't recall what yeasts they were but I have seen these several times and the beer was great!

I have had something like this happen before. Weird especially going from a bucket/opaque container to glass and watching fermentation- some things stick around a bit longer.

 

[BeensBaxter]

To be clear, I meant that you should taste the beer, not the yeast.

Always important to taste everything [emoji23]

 

[day_trippr]

Looks like an amalgam of break material and yeast all floated up by the evolving CO2.
Nothing looks worrisome from here. Carry on...

Cheers!

 

[Caboose]

Thanks everyone, I really appreciate the help

 

[Upthewazzu]

To be clear, I meant that you should taste the beer, not the yeast.

LOL, I kinda assumed, but this is the Internet so...

 

[sborz22]

Yeasty Boys!

Which yeast did you use?

 

[newtobrew1981]

Looks like some sort of fungus