I have hardly seen anything weirder

[snoochhandytardman]

Just when you think youve seen every strange occurance in brewing, something new will come along. i just brewed an extract clone of ommagang's henepin and 16 hrs into fermentation i see what looks like yeast but its in clumps the size of popcorn. it's whirling around in there furiously! i'm a just wonderin' if any of you kind folk have seen this before using wyeast 1214 belgian abby ale. is this normal? what causes this? is it bad? nothin' unusual about this recipe except you're supposed to pitch at 80 F , which i did.

 

[c.n.budz]

I've seen that with wyeast american ale yeast a couple times, looks pretty cool...

 

[rcdirtbuggy]

I've seen that when I use safale s-04 yeast. And yeah it's pretty fun to watch it whirling around in there.

 

[Denny's Evil Concoctions]

My 12g carboys are plastic. One thing I miss about glass is the "show".

 

[snoochhandytardman]

yup it's a very cool show in there. beer is a wild adventure of hope, excitement, and worry.

 

[jpuf]

It's natures way of smilin

 

[mward]

I had that with a LondonIII ale yeast. It was insane, looked like a blizzard inside.