Wtf are these?

[JLamb]

I opened my american wheat after about a month of not touching it and saw these. What are they and is my beer messed up?


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[Ben58]

Looks like yeast rafts to me.

 

[JLamb]

Looks like yeast rafts to me.

Are these yeast rafts normal? Harmful? How do I expunge them?


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[m1batt1]

Given they are the same color as the krausen ring I'd say its yeast that didn't drop to the bottom. But I like the term yeast raft.

Give it a taste and you'll know pretty well whether it's caused by something bad.

Edit: to get rid of them you could sanitize a spoon or ladle or something of the sort and scoop them out. Or if you're bottling I would just rack into the bottling bucket and try not to suck a lot of it up as you did.


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[JonM]

Perfectly normal, and totally harmless. Don't go sticking spoons and stuff in there - just leave it alone and they'll either sink in due course, or, if they're still floating when it's time to rack to the bottling bucket, they'll get left behind.

 

[Zuljin]

Looks like bacon grease.

Or remnants of krausen and bits of hops. Normal. Not harmful. As said, if you want them out, a spoon or syphon out from under them.