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As the title says, I'm sure it's nothing, but this doesn't look like any infection does it? I just don't normally ferment in carboys so don't see it when the krausen drops. Those are just clumps of yeast right? Sorry the pics aren't the greatest.


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Looks like rabbit turds.

I've never seen yeast rafts that look like that, but I'm pretty sure that's all it is. It certainly doesn't look infected.
 

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Looks like krausen that hasn't dropped yet so probably yeast rafts with some krausen? It doesn't look infected. How long ago did you brew?
 
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Thanks everyone for the feedback. Figured I was fine.

Looks like krausen that hasn't dropped yet so probably yeast rafts with some krausen? It doesn't look infected. How long ago did you brew?

I brewed this about 3.5 weeks ago. It's a pretty big doppelbock and was still fermenting away at 2 weeks. I then was away for a week and it looked like this upon my return. I'll likely be taking a sample and racking tonight.
 

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Don't you love that? I'm pretty sure that during 75% of my batches at some point I'm paranoid that it might be infected. And they're always fine. I think we might be hyper vigilant.
 

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Thanks everyone for the feedback. Figured I was fine.



I brewed this about 3.5 weeks ago. It's a pretty big doppelbock and was still fermenting away at 2 weeks. I then was away for a week and it looked like this upon my return. I'll likely be taking a sample and racking tonight.

Why? Why not just leave it where it is for another couple weeks? Let the yeast finish their job for sure.
 

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