Tan coloured 'flakes'

[johnston]

Just checked my 4th kit, another coopers euro but this time done with saflager s23 and kept the temp down by standing FV in a bucket of water and putting ice blocks in it .

Its been on a week now and looks like fermentation has stopped.

Any way it has what look like tan coloured flakes floating on top. When I touched them with the hydrometer they broke into powdery looking stuff.

Is this normal??? If i let it sit will the sink to the bottom or should I rack across into another FV and let it sit a few days??

[EoinMag]

Just leave it as it is, don't be worried about stuff like that fermenters can look very ugly, fire and forget is my motto.

[johnston]

cheers for the confidence boost, the flakes are still there. Will be coming up to 10 days in the FV and think fermentation has come to a stand still.

So I think I will bottle tomorrow and hope for the best

[EoinMag]

Some of mine get ulgy stringy bits hanging in the fermenter almost like spider webs or something hanging from the top down through the fermenter, not a bother, beer tastes great all the same.