I have a belgian wit beer that has been in primary for 11 days. I am using wyeast pitched directly from pack and fermenting at 65-70 degrees. The airlock was bubbling slow after
krausen backup into airlock after 11 days?
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Whoops didn't mean to post yet. Anyway the airlock was bubbling slow after the first day and has stayed the same. Today day 11 I came home to a backed up airlock. My question is why did it do this and should I put a blow off tube on? I have not taken any hydrometer readings yet except for og.
Fat_Bastard
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I just did a wit using wlp 400,it took 13 days to fully ferment and still had a touch of krausen on it when I checked it today (day 21).it seems belgian yeasts like to take their time.
statseeker
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Your krausen is probably about ready to drop. I'd clean out the lock and refill, put it back on and wait a couple more weeks. The need for a blow off has passed I think.
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I cleaned out the airlock and put it back on. Within 10 minutes the airlock was full of krausen again. I put a blow off tube on and went to bed. The air lock smelled like really good belgian yeast. I am excited to try this batch. I guess because the yeast is top fermenting it just took awhile to reach the top of my bucket.
statseeker
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Wow that's a pretty vigorous fermentation. Good to see there. Sounds like your beer is gonna do well.
