Krausen "like" rings around my carboy

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Brewsmack

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Hello everyone! I'm a new brewer and new to the forum. I have a batch of ale, its been fermenting for 11 days. The initial fermentation was awesome vigorous! Now the krausen has gone, but I have these white rings around my carboy ribs. Any ideas? Thanks in advance for the input.
 
They are yeast settling. Perfectly normal in a ribbed carboy and nothing to be worried about.
 
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kaconga said:
They are yeast settling. Perfectly normal in a ribbed carboy and nothing to be worried about.
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Does this mean fermentation is still ongoing?
 
Kayos said:
Is it left over krausen? Pics would really help
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Ok I've added a pic. It doesn't look like anything is really "wrong" I'm mostly wondering if fermentation is still going on?
 
Not based on the sediment, which appears to be yeast. However, the beer looks like it hasn't cleared particularly in that picture, so I'd wait before bottling. The best way to tell, of course, is to take some specific gravity readings.
 
Brewsmack said:
Ok I've added a pic. It doesn't look like anything is really "wrong" I'm mostly wondering if fermentation is still going on?
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I don't use a secondary/bright tank so I would leave it for another 2 weeks or so to let the yeast clean up some and take a 3 hydrometer reading over 3 days to be sure it is finished.
 
GASoline71 said:
If you bump the carboy, some of it will slide off of the ridges to the bottom. When I used Better Bottles I had sediment in the rings on every brew I did.

Gary
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I bumped it and it did turn loose and begin falling. Brings a new question. If it were to be there during racking, will it turn loose and cloud my beer? If that's the case I'm not sure this is a good style of carboy.
 
It can... so when I've moved my Better Bottles to rack over to the bottling bucket. I move them as carefully as I can, and then let them set for a about an hour so everything will settle back down.

Gary
 
GASoline71 said:
It can... so when I've moved my Better Bottles to rack over to the bottling bucket. I move them as carefully as I can, and then let them set for a about an hour so everything will settle back down.

Gary
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Thanks a ton! Is there a visual way to tell when fermentation is done? The general "rule", of all ive read is 2 weeks, but I'm sure there's give and take. What's your opinion?
 
Brewsmack, I use glass carboys of the type you pictured, I agree with the others who have said it looks to be yeast on it's way to the bottom. Sometimes I've had this occur and sometimes it hasn't. I let mine set for 3 weeks before I even take a gravity reading, thus far they've always settled by then or by the time I take them up to the kitchen to bottle. I wouldn't worry about yours, it'll be fine.

Rick
 
Brewsmack said:
Thanks a ton! Is there a visual way to tell when fermentation is done? The general "rule", of all ive read is 2 weeks, but I'm sure there's give and take. What's your opinion?
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Use your hydrometer to find out if fermentation is done. 2 or 3 readings over 3 days that are at your FG means you're done.

Gary
 
F250 said:
Brewsmack, I use glass carboys of the type you pictured, I agree with the others who have said it looks to be yeast on it's way to the bottom. Sometimes I've had this occur and sometimes it hasn't. I let mine set for 3 weeks before I even take a gravity reading, thus far they've always settled by then or by the time I take them up to the kitchen to bottle. I wouldn't worry about yours, it'll be fine.

Rick
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Thanks a lot! This is my first post on this forum and the response has been great! 3 weeks?! Lol i stay anxious to taste this delicious, hoppy, infinitely variable possibility and delicious liquid and 3 weeks seems like an eternity!
 
Brewsmack said:
Thanks a lot! This is my first post on this forum and the response has been great! 3 weeks?! Lol i stay anxious to taste this delicious, hoppy, infinitely variable possibility and delicious liquid and 3 weeks seems like an eternity!
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And then it needs to bottle condition. 6 weeks is a good investment, 7 or 8 often even better. :tank:

Good luck with it.

Rick
 
GASoline71 said:
Use your hydrometer to find out if fermentation is done. 2 or 3 readings over 3 days that are at your FG means you're done.

Gary
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Thanks again for the guidance. Homebrew is awesome. It's like going from eating from the microwave to cooking like a chef.
 
Brewsmack said:
Thanks a lot! This is my first post on this forum and the response has been great! 3 weeks?! Lol i stay anxious to taste this delicious, hoppy, infinitely variable possibility and delicious liquid and 3 weeks seems like an eternity!
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If you take readings it can be bottled as soon as it is at stable gravity. I usually never wait 3 weeks to bottle my beer. Once it has cleared and is at a stable gravity I bottle it.
 

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