Well I finally put this one in the keg yesterday, straight from primary, 3 maybe 4 weeks. I can't exactly remember
. Anyhow, I pulled the lid off the bucket, it had a little yeasty stuff floating on top, and the rest was covered with thin white waxy looking layer. Mold? It smelled fine, but the look had me worried. I pulled a sample; gravity was 1.004, it tasted fine, maybe not exactly what I was expecting from my previous notty usage, but will be drinkable. After racking down, (I left more in the bucket than usual as not to pull any of the waxy layer through) I found the yeast in the bottom to be very "snotty" in consistancy. Notty usually gives me a firm yeast cake that I practically have to scoop out. Bottom line, end result, the yeast did ferment my beer, although not as quickly as it should have, and the charecteristics are not what is to be expected. It does appear to be a hit or miss with this lot #. I have one more pack of this, I may try it with a starter before I use it, and have an us-05 on hand for brew day if it acts like the previous batch.
BTW what was that waxy layer? I drank my sample, and am still here to type this, so it apperently won't kill me.....:cross: