Stringy/film during boil

[brent77]

Hi All,

Mid boil last night I noticed a film starting on part of the surface, and and also some stringing/film like floating around. Best way to describe it would be like when you drop an egg into boiling water, what the whites look like as they float around. some of them got to be about 6" long and felt a bit rubbery when i pulled them out. I'm assuming its just some sort of protein break? But I've done a lot of batches and never seen it like this before. I've attached 2 photos of what it looks like. Thanks in advance.

 

[WrQth]

Perhaps some material that dried in your valves or excess Teflon tape?

 

[brent77]

Perhaps some material that dried in your valves or excess Teflon tape?

Unlikely as the kettle has no valves. It is definitely something from the wort/hops.

 

[Cyclman]

If it looks like egg drop soup, that's protein. It'll sediment out. I've never had some so long, though. Maybe a high protein batch of grain?

 

[brent77]

If it looks like egg drop soup, that's protein. It'll sediment out. I've never had some so long, though. Maybe a high protein batch of grain?

That's kind of what I assumed I've just never seen it like this before. Grain bill was:

86% 2 row / 8% flaked wheat / 6% honey malt

 

[Subdivisions]

That's pretty weird. Is it possible some foreign objects were in your grain? Maybe pieces of stalk from the plant that got shredded in the mill?

 

[BlueHouseBrewhaus]

It's the wheat. You can get that "egg drop soup" stuff when you use wheat in the grain bill. It apparently has to do with the different proteins in wheat vs barley. No worries.