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  1. K

    Interesting fermentation going on..

    Background: I'm brewing a Franziskaner Heffe Weizen clone and pitched one liquid yeast right away and a dry pack an hour later (had a spare pack wanted to use it). Within the first 12 hours I had a huge layer of krausen. It fermented very vigorously for about 5 days then the bubbling slowed...
  2. K

    How do you distinguish between krausen and infection?

    Though my carboy was thoroughly cleaned and sanitized, I couldn't get a small amount of leftover krausen off the edges. Now my new beer (in the same carboy) has a very thick layer of foam and krausen with some really dark brown bubbly looking areas. It's only been 2 days since I bottled my last...
  3. K

    Liquid yeast fermentation failed. Just ordered dry yeast; should I re-hydrate?

    I shook up my liquid yeast before I pitched and when I cracked the seal it exploded, losing half the yeast. It has been 4 days since then and any minimal activity there once was has ceased. I just ordered Cooper's dry yeast and am wondering what the best method of pitching would be since the...
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