Floaties ok?

[Brendo1]

I've got a blackrock east india pale ale down with 1kg brewcraft #15 500g light dry malt, and safale s04 yeast, Taking a hydrometer reading after about 7 days, smelt good, tasted awesome ( had to stop myself from drinking the whole sample, though I did take a second sip ) But it had lots and lots of floaties in it, they were all steadily falling to the bottom while it was sitting in the tube. Is it normal to find floaties like this? Im a big fan of CPA, and I flip the bottle before I drink it, the stuff floating in my beer seemed lighter and fluffier than the stuff in CPA bottles...

[Brendo1]

Actually...Im thinking if there's nobody wiser to tell me my beer is stuffed/infected, im going to assume that when I was putting the tap in the fermentor and the lil plastic filter in the tap, perhaps the little filter is pointing down instead of up and sucking from the bottom bringing all the gunk with it.

[Smabb]

Brendo,

Can you describe these "floaties"?

[Chris]

If it tastes fine, then it is probably just yeast.

[Brendo1]

I left the sample tube sitting on the bench for a while, came back and the beer just looked cloudym albeit very cloudy but not abnormal, the bottom of the tube had like 1cm of sediment, it looked like yeasties.

[warra48]

Floaties are fine, provided they disappear when you press the cistern button......

Seriously, you are taking a hydrometer sample of a potentially still somewhat active fermenter. The usual procedure is to take about a third of a tube sample and dispose of that down the sink. Then take a proper sized sample, and float your hydrometer. Spin the hydrometer to dislodge any adhering Co² bubbles, and leave the whole thing for 10 or 15 minutes. This allows time for any large yeast particles and other trub to settle to the bottom. Then spin the hydrometer again, and then take a reading. You'll find you'll have no floaties problem and will get an accurate reading.