Sludge On Top of The Primary

[GeoffreyKerns]

I brewed my first batch, a molasses sweet stout, last night and tossed it into primary. Everything went well and I was beyond careful with sanitation. After 7 hours, I was getting bubbles (1 per 3-5 seconds) coming out of the vodka my blowoff tube is sitting in. Happy day.

I was so excited that I took a few pictures. When I looked at them, I noticed that what was on top of the fermenter was not what I have come to think of as krausen, but more of a thick sludge that starts from about 2-3 cm beneath the surface of the wort. This stuff was present within 7 hours after pitching the yeast.

Is this something that I should be concerned about?

 

[csiewert]

Could you share a photo?

 

[Mirage]

Pics aren't working but it def sounds like krausen to me. I bet it is fine.

 

[BendBrewer]

Nope. That's what it looks like.

 

[corwin3083]

That's definitely krausen.

 

[Revvy]

This gives you an idea of what fermentation looks like, and yeas your pictures look normal to me.

 

[GeoffreyKerns]

Thank you all so much. I kinda figured that I was concerned over nothing, but you all really helped put my mind at ease. Thanks!

 

[Grinder12000]

You will see all sorts of hidious weardness in the krausen. Every yeast is different and every temperature is different. Some look god-awful and some look pretty normal.

What you have is "normal" so it's all good.

 

[paraordnance]

definatelly a clumped up yeast