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HopHead_Brew

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Hello all,

I have a pumpkin ale that was going to be kegged today, but when I pulled it out of the ferm chamber I noticed it was pretty cloudy in the lower half of the carboy. I let it settle out for the last few hours (at about 38 Deg F) and it has formed three pretty distinct layers. This is my first batch using pumpkin (in the mash). Today is day number 8 in the primary. I pitched a starter of Dennys Fav 50 and it had a SUPER vigorous ferm within about 20 hours which puttered out about three days ago. I know this yeast has low flocculation but should it be in three layers? Sorry the pics are sideways. They get the point across and I'm too lazy to fix them.

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Cold crash for a couple more days and it will clear. A few hours just is not long enough coupled with the short primary time.
 
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