What in the heck is happening to my beer!?

[Brewin_Sparty]

I just brewed a Soft Parade clone and after I pitched the yeast and aerated, I took one last look before I wrapped it in a blanket and was shocked to see this. It has receded a bit in the past 15 minutes since I took the picture, but I've never seen anything like that before.

Anyone know what the heck that is?

 

[day_trippr]

That is congealing break material mixed with your yeast pitch.
It's all good. Pour yourself a beer and go watch the news for a week or so...

Cheers!

 

[Citizen86]

Looks like break material from the boil. A lot of proteins and stuff. Don't worry too much, it'll all settle to the bottom. Some think it may actually be decent yeast nutrients as well

 

[brick_haus]

Thats beautiful.

 

[Sammy86]

 

[catdaddy66]

Nothing but coagulation and flocculation, soon to be followed by inebriation or intoxication. Avoid incarceration!

 

[Brownalemikie]

Hmmm, maybe someone put a bunch of popcorn in your carboy

 

[hagar]

Looks good to me. Mine does that too and always turns out great! No worries!

 

[Yooper]

It is "cold break", while "hot break" is much finer and looks like egg drop soup.

It's a good thing, and break material are proteins that are coagulated and will fall to the bottom. I get cold break in my fermenter all the time, since I have a counter flow chiller, and the wort chills on its way to the fermenter.

 

[0080]

Looks like a rabbit got caught under your wheel to me. Everything else in that pic looks pretty normal.

 

[thereverendmaynard]

Nothing but coagulation and flocculation, soon to be followed by inebriation or intoxication. Avoid incarceration!

You forgot stratification, agglomeration, jellification, and inspissation!