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400d · Apr 18, 2010

I have a hefeweizen fermenting with WLP380. It's a first day of fermentation, the airlock is bubbling like crazy, lots of activity on the bottom of the fermenter, but no krauzen at all. what does this mean?

I expected to see a lot of krauzen. the beer is fermenting at 68 F.

david_42 · Apr 18, 2010

What percentage of wheat do you have? Although no krausen is unusual for a wheat, I wouldn't worry about it.

400d · Apr 18, 2010

david_42 said:
What percentage of wheat do you have? Although no krausen is unusual for a wheat, I wouldn't worry about it.

it's 50:50 wheat : pilsner

400d · Apr 18, 2010

Update: krauzen appeared till the end of the day. it's growing. :mug:

david_42 · Apr 18, 2010

The yeast almost always come through.

400d · Apr 19, 2010

now my room where I keep the bucket smells like cat's poo

lots of sulphur smells, rotten eggs... is this normal for hefe yeast?

BeerPressure · Apr 19, 2010

Yeah, those hefe and wit yeasts smell odd.

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