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03-07-2008, 11:14 PM
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Does this look normal for a hefe?
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First hefeweizen...it's been fermenting for 6 days now. Very vigorous ferment which has finally slowed to one bubble every 3 minutes. Popped the lid to take a gravity reading and was a bit surprised because I haven't seen this before. I would assume it's normal, but I've never seen this big of a krausen (or one as...shall we say milky?) after a week fermenting.
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03-07-2008, 11:23 PM
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First hefeweizen...it's been fermenting for 6 days now. Very vigorous ferment which has finally slowed to one bubble every 3 minutes. Popped the lid to take a gravity reading and was a bit surprised because I haven't seen this before. I would assume it's normal, but I've never seen this big of a krausen (or one as...shall we say milky?) after a week fermenting.
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Yes sir, Just got done fermenting my imperial Hefe and it was worse it blew the air lock out of the top of the bucket and made a huge mess. No Worries! 
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03-07-2008, 11:35 PM
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Cool, thanks.
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03-07-2008, 11:49 PM
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Sure does look normal.
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03-07-2008, 11:56 PM
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Looks just like two batches I have down stairs.
You may want to rock that bucket back and forth a few times (with the lid on) to knock that yeast-rich pudding back down into the beer.
Fermentation in these krausen heavy batches can sometimes slow down because so much yeast "beaches" itself on the fermenter walls.
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03-08-2008, 12:06 AM
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Originally Posted by BierMuncher
Looks just like two batches I have down stairs.
You may want to rock that bucket back and forth a few times (with the lid on) to knock that yeast-rich pudding back down into the beer.
Fermentation in these krausen heavy batches can sometimes slow down because so much yeast "beaches" itself on the fermenter walls.
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Doing it right now....thanks for the tip! |
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03-08-2008, 12:09 AM
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Oh, and also is it OK to go ahead and take a gravity reading at this point, or should I wait for the krausen to fall?
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03-08-2008, 12:23 AM
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if you shake it back down, give it a few days to finish fermenting, then take a reading.
heffe yeast always reminds me of when sigorny jumped into the alien breeding thingy... 
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03-08-2008, 12:25 AM
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Yes sir, Just got done fermenting my imperial Hefe and it was worse it blew the air lock out of the top of the bucket and made a huge mess. No Worries! |
Imperial Hefe. Interesting 
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03-08-2008, 12:39 AM
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I had a thread and a few guys on here helped me with it, I drank the Hydro sample, man is it tastey I love the banana accents.
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