Beer looks to be fermenting, but no krausen

So my IPA from yesterday looks to be very active which is good, it has however not really formed any krausen yet. Should I worried? (See picture)

In my almost 2 years of brewing this hasn't happened to me before.
The beer is an IPA using US-05 yeast.

Relax have a home brew. It's still early. It is active that is good. The krausen will come.

Okay cool - I figured as long as its active I probably shouldn't worry too much.

Thanks for the fast reply.

what was your grain bill, any oats?

Looks like there were some simple sugars in there. Looks more like a cider fermentation

No oats - It was a 1 gallon batch with 2lb Pale Ale Malt and 0.2 lb Caramel Malt 20L.

Could I have boiled it too hard? I was pretty careful but you never know...

Here is a visual update - fermentation is still going but still no krausen

i've had that happen before with a wit that included a pound of oats, others have posted the same result with oats. of course, oats have been used for ages without a problem too. you have something in your beer that is keeping the krausen from forming and it will be interesting to see if your beer has foam in the glass.

I will keep you guys posted ... I'm traveling this week so won't be able to check in on it again before Thursday

Did you use Ferm-cap in the boil?

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I see krausen and a krausen ring but since you are making such a light colored beer, the krausen is light colored too. Nothing to worry about.

freshhoarse said:

Did you use Ferm-cap in the boil?

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Nope no ferm cap used - didn't even know it existed

So wanted to give an update on this beer. Today it was time to bottle. Its about 2 weeks since I brewed and the beer seems ready. I have attached a picture of the beer just before bottling.

It didn't quite clear up as much as I hoped, but I am hoping it will clear up a bit in the bottle. It definitely smells like beer and also tastes like a flat beer at this point so I am quite optimistic.

I will give an update again in two weeks time when I plan to drink the first one. Its going to be interesting to see the head formation and retention on this very low krausen beer.

Looks good

I recently did an ipa where the gravity came out extremely high. About 1.076, but it was suppose to be 1.056. Every hydrometer reading I took had it fermented down to 1.012 but it had no krausen either.

Judgement day .... it's now (almost) two weeks since I bottled and I couldn't wait any longer I had to try it.

As you can see the beer looks pretty normal. Not the best head retention and a bit too cloudy for my taste - but not bad at all.

Taste-wise it's great!! Turned out nice and hoppy as expected.

Based on this, the conclusion must be that the missing (or very small amount of krausen) doesn't seem to have had a big impact the beer.




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