Drop out.

I've just done an Extract Porter with a John Bull no boil kit.
I'm not after anything special, I just wanted an easy to do session beer. I know all the arguments for boiling and additions etc, but John Bull states to boil would drive of the balance hop aroma because it's been boiled at the plant. Plus i Only has an hour spare to do the "brew" Any way that's the background my question is.

Considering there would of been no grain or hops in my brew and I pitched 7g of dried yeast. Is it normal to get this much drop out within 4 hours?

Brother, I think that that's just the yeast growing in colonies. As soon as it strarts feeding, that stuff will rise and become your krausen.

Cheers, I hope so.
It's the first time I've primaried in glass so It's new to me.

Wait till it gets going the show is pretty amaizing.

it is cool to watch. looks like a whirlwind going on inside w/ stuff buzzing around everywhere! just have to be careful w/ it being light struck.

Yes, so right. I keep mine in a back bedroom with the shades pulled. When not observing, I keep a damp towel wrapped around those that I'm fermenting at 70 degrees.

Those fermenting at 68 or below, I keep in a rubbermaid box in a couple inches of water with an AC vent piped down into it. I add ice when I need to get the temps down. My kolsch is holding at 65 for 3 days just changing out 1 gal jugs of Ice twice a day.

very nice, very nice. i broke down a while back and finaly got a 7 cu ft chest freezer to do all my fermenting in. just added an external thermostat. talk about make a difference. doing all-grain, making yeast starters, and controling ferm temps is fun! talk about control of your brews.......

Yea, I'm headed that direction but it'll need to wait till spring. I really need three freezers:

One for primary fermenting.
One for lagering.
One to build a really nice kegorator.

Hmmm...I vaguely remember having a chest freezer at my parents' house when I was a kid, and since they never throw anything away... I'm going to have to look in that closet next time I'm down there (and see if I can convince dear ol' Mom to part ways with things she probably froze in the 80's).

use that 80's stuff for adjuncts!

my next buy (since i just had to replace my old keg fridge due to smelly crabs during the 4 week power outage) is another chesty freezer for lagering. need more room too!

DeRoux's Broux said:

use that 80's stuff for adjuncts!

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Mmmm, Chow-chow Ale! Pepper Jelly Porter!