Wables
Well-Known Member
I have something odd happening right now...
I relocated over the summer, I haven't brewed since Memorial Day. Up until Saturday, that is.
I brewed a 10 gallon batch of my UP Ale, 2-row, Carapils, Crystal 20 and 40, and a mixture of Magnum, Hallertau, and Amarillo hops. I pitched Safale 05 directly from the packet. I had an audience, forgot to rehydrate.
Anyway, both 6 gallon carboys began bubbling by the next morning. My basement is in the low 70's this week, and the carboys have been about 75 degrees meaning a pretty fast fermentation.
The weirdest thing is happening though. There is almost no Krausen. There is about 1/4" of foam with the usual brownish gunk on top, but not the usual thick layer. And this fermentation has been going so fast that it has considerably slowed down after 48 hours. What is going on? I have done many similar batches, and I usually have gunk in the blow-off tube with 5 gallons fermenting in a 6 gallon carboy.
Has anyone ever seen this before? The only thing that I can think of is that I didn't clean out my mash keggle before using it. I though of this mid mash and washed out my HLT and boil keggles. Maybe some oil had somehow gotten into the mash keg during the move? Maybe, but I think it is unlikely.
This is also the first batch I have brewed in the new house. The house has a well and a water softner. Can water type influence the krausen? Is my beer going to be lacking head?
I relocated over the summer, I haven't brewed since Memorial Day. Up until Saturday, that is.
I brewed a 10 gallon batch of my UP Ale, 2-row, Carapils, Crystal 20 and 40, and a mixture of Magnum, Hallertau, and Amarillo hops. I pitched Safale 05 directly from the packet. I had an audience, forgot to rehydrate.
Anyway, both 6 gallon carboys began bubbling by the next morning. My basement is in the low 70's this week, and the carboys have been about 75 degrees meaning a pretty fast fermentation.
The weirdest thing is happening though. There is almost no Krausen. There is about 1/4" of foam with the usual brownish gunk on top, but not the usual thick layer. And this fermentation has been going so fast that it has considerably slowed down after 48 hours. What is going on? I have done many similar batches, and I usually have gunk in the blow-off tube with 5 gallons fermenting in a 6 gallon carboy.
Has anyone ever seen this before? The only thing that I can think of is that I didn't clean out my mash keggle before using it. I though of this mid mash and washed out my HLT and boil keggles. Maybe some oil had somehow gotten into the mash keg during the move? Maybe, but I think it is unlikely.
This is also the first batch I have brewed in the new house. The house has a well and a water softner. Can water type influence the krausen? Is my beer going to be lacking head?