Phan71
Well-Known Member
Okay, I've never had this happen before, but when I went to rack to the secondary today, the beer still had krausen on top. It's been in there a week.
The airlock bubbled good for the first couple of days, and I really haven't noticed much activity since about Tuesday.
This isn't a high gravity beer or anything, so I'm not sure what's going on. The temp has been a little high in the beer closet the past couple of days (74~75F), but I wasn't too worried about it (since I thought it was past the bulk of the fermentation). (I've put it back in the closet with a bucket of ice sitting on top of it, which is how I keep it cool when it's too warm in our place).
Can it take a while for the krausen to fall after fermentation is complete, or is this still going? How normal is this?
Because I know I'll get the question, it's a Scotch Ale (recipe below). And, no I haven't taken a gravity reading because I dropped my hydrometer a couple weeks ago and haven't replaced it yet, so don't even ask!
6.6 lb Northwestern Gold LME (late edition)
2.0 lb Munich malt (10L)
0.5 lb Crystal malt (60L)
0.5 lb Crystal malt (20L)
3.0 oz Chocolate malt (350L)
4.0 oz White wheat malt (2L)
2.0 oz Peat smoked malt (2L)
1.0 oz UK Kent Goldings pellets @ 60 min
1.0 oz US Fuggles pellets @ 30 min
1 tsp Irish moss @ 10 min
Wyeast 1338 European Ale
The airlock bubbled good for the first couple of days, and I really haven't noticed much activity since about Tuesday.
This isn't a high gravity beer or anything, so I'm not sure what's going on. The temp has been a little high in the beer closet the past couple of days (74~75F), but I wasn't too worried about it (since I thought it was past the bulk of the fermentation). (I've put it back in the closet with a bucket of ice sitting on top of it, which is how I keep it cool when it's too warm in our place).
Can it take a while for the krausen to fall after fermentation is complete, or is this still going? How normal is this?
Because I know I'll get the question, it's a Scotch Ale (recipe below). And, no I haven't taken a gravity reading because I dropped my hydrometer a couple weeks ago and haven't replaced it yet, so don't even ask!
6.6 lb Northwestern Gold LME (late edition)
2.0 lb Munich malt (10L)
0.5 lb Crystal malt (60L)
0.5 lb Crystal malt (20L)
3.0 oz Chocolate malt (350L)
4.0 oz White wheat malt (2L)
2.0 oz Peat smoked malt (2L)
1.0 oz UK Kent Goldings pellets @ 60 min
1.0 oz US Fuggles pellets @ 30 min
1 tsp Irish moss @ 10 min
Wyeast 1338 European Ale