sediment clinging to side of secondary

[EPS]

I racked an IPA into a secondary glass carboy after 11 days in primary. I then dry hopped with 2 oz of cascade pellets. After two days most of the hop pellets have fallen except a thin layer a top. But now i'm seeing what looks to be yeast sediment cause its the same color as the sediment in the bottom of carboy clinging to the sides of the carboy. This is my first time using glass and i sanitized everything really good with star san. Its not just like one ring of sediment its in alot of different patches on the sides of the carboy. But there is none of this sediment looking stuff on top of the beer. I was just a little worried could this be mold. It dosent look like mold being it looks to be the same color as sediment in the bottom of carboy. Has this ever happen to anyone before? I used a 11g packet of dry yeast to ferment with. Fermentation went great and was complete after taking hydrometer reading for three days in a row and fg stayed the same. So if anyone could tell me what they think this is? Has anyone seen this before and should i be worried? Thanks in advance

 

[MeatyPortion]

Happens all the time. I use glass exclusively and always see a ring of sediment. Don't worry, you're fine.

 

[Malintent]

It is yeast. This is totally normal.

 

[Malintent]

Happens all the time. I use glass exclusively and always see a ring of sediment. Don't worry, you're fine.

Well, a ring of sediment at the beer level is what is left over from the krausen falling after primary fermentation is over. the ring of sediment at the bottom of the fermentor is the trub and dead / sleeping yeast.

The patches of yeast (which would look a lot like mold - if mold was tan colored) that cling to the sides of the fermentor are those little bastards that just couldn't get quite enough to eat with their siblings during primary.

 

[MaltMonster]

As mentioned it is totally normal. If you had left the beer in the primary a little longer the yeast might have settled a bit more and you could potentially have less sediment in your secondary. Of course, your siphoning techniques come into play as well (meaning how much yeast you stir and suck up when transferring to secondary).

 

[EPS]

Thanks guys makes me fell much better. It is tan in color not really white at all. First time using glass. All u guys are awesome with the quick responses. Couldn't do this whithout all your guys great advice. CHEERS

 

[EPS]

Also first time using auto siphon. And while moving the primary to a counter to siphon into the secondary i stirred things up alittle. Also took me a min to get auto siphon technic down. So next time i'll leave in it primary longer and be more carefull not to disturb yeast sediment before i rack into secondary. Will this sediment on the sides eventually fall to the bottom? If its still there in 12 days or so should i just go ahead and rack into bottling bucket? I was planning on leaving in the secondary for 2 weeks. On the plus side the beer tasted great from primary before i racked.

 

[Malintent]

The yeast clinging to the sides of the vessel will continue to cling there (until oxyclean becomes their undoing). It is very unlikely it will make it into your bottles, even if you try. That said, it won't hurt your bottled beer any. It will just sink to the bottom of the bottles with the rest of the yeast that is carbonating your beer, and stick there pretty good - or good enough to carefully decant your beer into a nice clean glass, as is proper for unfiltered, naturally carbonated ale.

regarding your siphoning skills.... there is not much to it. some tips:

1) don't use it like a hand-pump... one good stroke should get it going (that's what he said).
2) careful when you pull the tube off the end of the cane when you are done with it, it is easy to accidentally break it... warm up the tube with hot water to soften it up first and it will slide right off.

 

[EPS]

Thanks for all the tips Bro. Appreciate it a bunch.