Questions tagged [krausen]
A foamy build-up of yeast and proteins formed on the surface of the brew during fermentation.
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What to do with blowout Krausen/wort
Surprised I couldn't find an answer to this so I'm posting the question.
I brewed my first imperial stout. Fermentation was super happy, krausen went wild and my airlock blew out (from what I'm seeing ...
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What does krausen say about the flavor of the final beer
...if anything.
I'm brewing batch number 4 now. So far I've tasted three different delicious beers with three different krausen behaviors, and the fourth yet again has different krausen. I'm just ...
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Why do dark styles foam more during fermentation?
I have found that my stouts produce much more foam during fermentation than other beers do. On the Mr. Beer website it says:
Plenty of foam, although messy, is not a bad thing as it indicates healthy ...
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Fermenter foaming over
I’m doing a porter, went through all steps and got to pitching the yeast in the bucket. After only a few hours my fermenter seriously bubbled over. Thoughts?
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Did I kill my cider?
I've been brewing this cider for 8 days. It was going smooth and had a lot of krausen so I took out a bit two days ago, but now it has passed more than 48hh and I was expecting some more krausen or ...
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Foam collapsed after less than 1 day
First time brewer here.
I got a Brooklyn Brew Shop kit for a NE IPA on my birthday and followed all the instructions, I thought, well. I pitched the yeast sometime in the afternoon this Sunday and ...
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Starsan- overly ambitious krausen in airlock
I've recently switched to Starsan from B-brite, and have had, shall we say, very tenacious krausens. I know that the Starsan foam isn't harmful to the beer, but it's foaming up in the carboy to the ...
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Will this work?
If I make 1.25 gallons of mead with Lalvin 71B, and put half in one gallon carboy for secondary and half in another gallon carboy. To fill the carboy I will use fruit juice or fresh fruit, possibly ...
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What exactly is krausen (and why does this batch not have much)?
...and as a followup, how much should I care?
I've always used krausen presence as a rough indicator of fermentation vigor in primary. But my current batch hardly has any, with a few days at never ...
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Carboy keep overflowing
I have a 19 liter carboy, and put a 18 liter wort. 10 hours later I woke up and noticed carboy overflow krausen all over it.
I am concerned whether air lock will clogged down and explode. I will not ...
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How to clean krausen off of ceilings?
Woke up this morning to an unhappy surprise:
Getting the ceiling clean has proven to be quite the challenge, since the krausen had dried off before I got to it. Can anyone share techniques that have ...
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Build up around top inner rim of fermenting bucket?
I have a question. This particular brew is a white IPA and brew day was a week ago. I had a violent fermentation the first night after brewing to where a lot of krausen built up, expanded the bucket ...
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Krausening / Pitching Actively-Fermenting Wort
I heard on one of the old Jamil shows that pitching actively-fermenting starter is a good way to get noticeable but subtle yeast character in a beer. You need to start with an adequate amount of ...
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Adding boiling wort on previous batches yeast sediments
I've been using kegs as fermentors and 'no chill' vessels.
With pressurized fermentation I'm getting so much less sediment and krausen, and actually I purge the yeast before and after transfer, so ...
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14 hours after pitching, little to no activity. Is it ruined?
This is my first homebrew, so I'm totally in the dark as to what to expect. However, I was told by my LHS that I should see a lot of fermentation activity after around 4-12 hours. The brew itself is ...
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Fermentation Done After 2 Days?
So this is a weird one.
3 weeks ago I made an Xmas beer. I brewed it, pitched the #2 yeast, and put the carboy in my cold dark room (about 70 F) to ferment. The fermentation and krausen began about ...
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force krausen to drop?
will hurt the beer if I swirl my carboy to force the krausen to drop? the krausen has been sitting there for a few weeks now and I want to keg in one week but if the krausen is still there I don't ...
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Should I pitch a second round of yeast?
I brewed a Dogfish Punkn clone that was rather heavy on the sediment. I pitched a pretty healthy yeast starter that was working for 30 hours before being pitched probably around 80 degrees, perhaps ...
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When saving or recovering yeast is it always found in the cake or trub or lees, or is it sometimes found in the krausen?
I have read various things about saving yeast when racking, which is what I intend to do soon with one small batch of cider. I see some people just "take the cake" and I've read about a process ...
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Do I have contamination?
Beer Kit: Brewferm Tarwebier
This was my first time using StarSan as it's hard to get in my neck of woods. Is this some ugly Krausen or contamination, if so what type?
Is there any recovery from this, ...
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Krausen: Blow off tube or Larger Headspace?
Krausen: to blow-off or not to blow-off?
With a large krausen (foamy head) in a fermentation vessel (FV), often the best remedy is to use a blow-off tube into a bottle of sanitizer.
Question: Would ...
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Fermenter Sediment
I'm on my second batch, and decided to ferment in the carboy, so I could watch. It's on day 3 fermenting, I've got a nice thick krausen (needed a blowoff tube). However, I noticed it seems like it's '...
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Is fermentation 'done' even without there being cake?
This one has me questioning what I thought I knew. Brewed a "mocha stout" 4 days ago:
Steeped:
- .5lb chocolate malt
- .375lb roasted barley
For boil, added:
- 6lb DME (dark)
- 1lb lactose
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What is Responsible for the Dissipation of Krausen, and may a Batch be Bottled if its Krausen has Not been Dissipated?
This picture contains two extract batches made on two successive days approximately two weeks ago.
One is a Honey Weizen (OG=1.048; Wyeast 1010 American Wheat Yeast), and the other is a Phat Tyre (...
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Expected Hydrometer Reading for White House Honey Ale?
A bit of background:
This is my second beer batch. My first beer batch turned out well as an Irish Stout, using the Midwest Brewing kit and recipie
I just started a White House Honey Ale I'm ...
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How to avoid blowoff on a 1 gallon jug?
I'm experimenting with 1 gallon batches, and every single time I had a blowoff. So for the batch I brewed today I just put a bucket of sanitized water and a blowoff tube to start with since I know ...
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Not much activity after 24 hours
Yesterday I brewed up a batch of an american brown ale. 24 hours after pitching, it doesn't to look to be moving so well. There are hints of a krausen, but not as much as there should be. I don't see ...
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New batch of wort in primary for 24hrs now and no "krausen" forming. Trouble?
This is my second batch of wort. My first went so smoothly I decided to start another in the primary after racking the fisrt over to the carboy. It's been sitting in the primary now for 24hrs and ...
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Lager krausen won't fall
I'm brewing my first true lager with White Labs WLP800 and the krausen won't fall. I'm being somewhat impatient because it's taking up primary space right now. I pitched at 44°f and let it rise to 50°...
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Cider apples: what's in the foam on top of my juice?
When I juice tart apples (cored and peeled, centrifugal planer type juicer), I get cloudy juice and lots of mealy foam on top. The bubbles are tough. They last for days and I can freeze the foam. What'...
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What is this white stuff on the surface of my beer?
I've just gone to rack & bottle a witbier that has been in primary for about 5 weeks and noticed this white gunk floating on top of the beer.
It doesn't look too healthy, what is it? Is it safe? ...
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What is the advantage of krausening?
Krausening seems to be a fair bit of work to the homebrewer with very little return. So, what advantages does krausening bring, other than not having to add any additional sugar to the beer for ...
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Fermentation stopped and then started again
Hey friends. So I'm working on my first home brew. It's been in the fermenter for 3 days. After the second day of vigorous fermenting and hardcore airlock bubbling, the krausen started subsiding and ...
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Krausen During Primary
I'm wondering what other peoples' experiences are with krausen at the start of fermentation. I've had some beers that have bubbled along happily without producing huge amounts of foam, and others ...
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What is a proper blow-off tube setup?
36 hours ago I brewed a BIG red ale and pitched some kick-ass WLP001. The picture on the left is what I had late last night (24 hr in). Made me a little nervous. And this morning the krausen had ...