Vienna cascade smash

[tanman92]

This is my second batch of all grain. I thought it was going to have more of an orange color because pre boil it looked pretty orange. I used yeast I pulled from the last batch. No starter. This morning it started clumping like this. Any ideas on the clumps and why it got so dark?

 

[tanman92]

Another pic just now

 

[jack13]

Clumping is good. Stuff on top should be yeast "rafts" and bottom the cold break. As for the color, the boiling probably darkened it somewhat. And remember the fermenter is very big, making it darker than it will look in the glass. So if you saw an orange tint preboil you may very well see it again in the glass.

 

[chickypad]

Yep looks like break material, did you happen to use whirfloc or irish moss? As above color in the carboy always looks darker. Even pretty pale ales can look dark red.

 

[tanman92]

I did use whirfloc

 

[jack13]

I did use whirfloc

amazing stuff

 

[RM-MN]

Pre-boil your wort looked more orange because it has some small grain particles suspended in it to reflect the light. When fermented the particles settle out and the beer looks darker. It will look lighter in the glass because the light won't be absorbed by the shorter path through the beer.

Your clumps are break material carried to the surface by the CO2 bubbles released by the fermentation. They are only slightly more dense than the beer so it doesn't take much to bring them to the surface. They should settle to the bottom with time.

 

[tanman92]

Well after about 24 hours it's in full force fermentation I ended putting a blow off tube this morning before work because it was getting close. Last thing I want is to clean up that mess in my closet. Looking into converting a chest freezer for my fermentation