White sediment at the top of the bottles

[happyduke]

Hi,

I've bottled my very first batch and after a week of carbonation I noticed some kind of sediment at the top of the bottles. It looks white and in some bottles even chunky (sticks to the bottle side if I move it around).
What it could be and should I worry about it?

(I know the picture is not great, sorry for that)

Thanks!

 

[flars]

Can't really see anything in the bottle picture. Maybe you have floating yeast rafts from too short of primary time or picking up a lot of yeast when racking to the bottling bucket. Short primary time can leave a lot of sediment and excess yeast in suspension. A week in the bottle is too short for an infection to begin showing. Let it condition for another week or three to see if anything changes.

 

[happyduke]

Thanks for the reply! Apart from those things at the top, I can see the yeast at the bottom, though I used a paint bag when racking since I dry-hopped without hop bags. BTW I'm carbonating at mid to high 70's, just wondering if temp can somehow affect that...

I took another shot (See those little white bastards?), not so great either but maybe it could help.

 

[jalc6927]

What kind of beer? Did you use any spices or special ingredients

 

[happyduke]

What kind of beer? Did you use any spices or special ingredients

It's an IPA. Nope, I didn't use any special ingredients.

 

[flars]

Looks like some floating yeast chunks that made it through the siphon. They'll drop out during conditioning. Low 70°F range is enough for bottle conditioning.

 

[bleme]

It looks normal to me. Three weeks at 70F and a week in the fridge and all of that will drop to the bottom.

 

[oceanic_brew]

There's such thing as bottle krausen

 

[masskrug]

I typically get a small ring around the top of every bottle. Just yeast I presume.

 

[portguy]

Bottle krausen ring. Happens to me when there's a bit more trub in the bottle. When i use gelatin that never happens.

 

[happyduke]

Thank you guys for the help!