Weird half and half ferment.

venquessa · Jan 30, 2012

This is not a camera illusion:

http://www.campbell-multimedia.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/IMAG0325.jpg

The two halves look completely different. Different levels and colour of foam.

EDIT: I had to open it to have a peek. One side has dark yeast slurry on top of the foam, the other side is just off-white foam. Weird.

Bensiff · Jan 30, 2012

Is there supposed to be a picture?

venquessa · Jan 30, 2012

There is, refresh to check, I edited the post to change the image, might have upset things.

dcHokie · Jan 30, 2012

venquessa said:
This is not a camera illusion:

http://www.campbell-multimedia.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/IMAG0325.jpg

The two halves look completely different. Different levels and colour of foam.

EDIT: I had to open it to have a peek. One side has dark yeast slurry on top of the foam, the other side is just off-white foam. Weird.

Perhaps you shouldn't have used a metric fermenter

ThatGuyRyan · Jan 30, 2012

Is the fermenter level? Looks fine to me I would think that the currents in the fermenting wort pushed the heavier particles to one side rather the other for some reason. Maybe a heat source on one side and not the other or the fermenter is not completely level. It's not like half the beer can be half bad and half good unless you brewed a Jekyll and Hyde Clone and in that case we are all doomed!

venquessa · Jan 30, 2012

Fermenter is level. I think you are on to something with the heat source. One side was towards the window (with heavy curtains so no UV light) That side might have got some warm from the sun heating the curtains this morning.

You've just named my brew! Paul's Jekyll and Hyde Red.

(The last one was "Paul's 66.6 Red"... I videoed the brew and while editing it down to 8mins, I noticed that the two times I show the thermometer to the camera the work was 66.6C.)