Is this cold break?

[Philistine]

I just brewed a honey wheat a few hours ago and this is how the fermenter looks now:

Is this cold break? I've brewed a half dozen batches so far but I've not seen this yet.

For this batch I did use a 50' 1/2" copper pipe immersion chiller I just built.

It took my wort from boiling to 69*F in less than 8 minutes. Previously it would take me 20-30 minutes to chill the wort in an ice bath.

 

[Black Island Brewer]

It's hard to tell on my phone, but it looks like yeast. Is this a new strain to you? Some strains behave differently that others. I can't recall which yeast, but one looks disturbingly like cottage cheese...

 

[Philistine]

I used Wyeast 1010 (American Wheat Ale). I first thought it was yeast, but these are fluffier. Doesn't look like yeast at all to me. More like loose poofy balls.

 

[derbycitybrewer]

Hard to tell but it just looks like cold break/proteins. Nothing to worry about. It will settle out.

 

[Philistine]

Hard to tell but it just looks like cold break/proteins. Nothing to worry about. It will settle out.

I wasn't worried about it (far too early for infection). I was just wondering if I had actually achieved a cold break.

As it is, the krausen has started and what I assume was the cold break material has started dropping (not sticking to the sides of the carboy anymore).

 

[LabRatBrewer]

Yep, that's what it looks like.

 

[unionrdr]

I'd say cold break with a little yeast maybe. cold break always looks like wet popcorn to me.