does this look normal

Tim Gregory · Post by **Tim Gregory** » Mon Oct 01, 2012 10:33 pm

So my saison gave me a fair amount of trouble. it stuck at around 1.035 and very slowly crept down a few points a week, then last week after rousing the yeast again it took off and got down to 1.006. I thought it was finally good and was all impressed with myself for waiting it out then today I came home to find this.

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I nowknow that 3724 is frieking weird so maybe this is just normal flocculation?

ajcarp · Post by **ajcarp** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 2:00 am

Tim Gregory wrote:So my saison gave me a fair amount of trouble. it stuck at around 1.035 and very slowly crept down a few points a week, then last week after rousing the yeast again it took off and got down to 1.006. I thought it was finally good and was all impressed with myself for waiting it out then today I came home to find this.
2012-10-01 19.46.53.jpg
I nowknow that 3724 is frieking weird so maybe this is just normal flocculation?

Hey Tim,

I've had a couple of carboys do that and had no trouble with the batches. If it still smells and tastes OK, sounds like it is time to rack.

JLC

Post by **LeafMan66_67** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 5:49 am

Interesting that it happens right at the ridges. The carboy is smooth through the inside, right? Some kind of weird temperature variation in the glass along the ridges?

CorneliusAlphonse · Post by **CorneliusAlphonse** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 7:17 am

i've had that happen several times as well, but never that extreme. you're probably fine

McGruff · Post by **McGruff** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 7:59 am

I think it is okay. Can you cool it down a bit? Maybe it will all drop down as it cools.

McGruff

Tim Gregory · Post by **Tim Gregory** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 8:25 am

I think you're right. I took the heat belt off when I took that pic, and its gotten better already. But yeah, still big globs of yeast around the ridges on the carboy.

jeffsmith · Post by **jeffsmith** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 8:27 am

I've had that happen a few times as well. I think the last time it happened was a Saison as well with WLP550.

Post by **mr x** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 9:06 am

Happens to me everytime in those ribbed carboys.

Tim Gregory · Post by **Tim Gregory** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 11:16 am

Okay good to know its normal. So either it's never happened to me before, or maybe I'm just really unobservant.

Jayme · Post by **Jayme** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 9:45 am

mr x wrote:Happens to me everytime in those ribbed carboys.

+1

Dirt Chicken · Post by **Dirt Chicken** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 11:03 am

mr x wrote:Happens to me everytime in those ribbed carboys.

Same here Tim, just resting places for sediment.

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