Yeast Cake in Blowoff Container

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Sooperhonk

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Just racked from my primary fermenter and noticed a layer of yeast cake at bottom of my blowoff jar on receiving end of blowoff tube. Apparently, I had quite the violent fermentation going on with 2 packs of Nottingham (Danstar #-) [23.66 ml]. Very active stuff- I just rehydrated before pitching, no starter.

Anyway, is this bad news or fairly common? Beer still fermented fully so I don't think it did too much harm.
 
Thanks! Turned out fantastic. Great yeast leaves a nice head retention and brings out my "house" maltiness. Very quick acting dry yeast - I've used dry 3 xs in a row and am wondering these days what the advantage to liquid with a 24-hour starter is? Seems like too much trouble for the payoff...
 
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