Where o where has my krausen gone?

I did my first ever extract batch on on Thursday, and things seem to have been going ok. It definitely was a learning experience but I think I didn't screw up too much. Anyhow, fermentation started within about 6-8 hours with nottingham ale yeast as well as a bit of energizer. Throughout the day yesterday the airlock was bubbling happily away so that was good. As of last night I had a nice krausen of about an inch or two formed, and everything was looking pretty normal. I wake up today to check on things and notice that the airlock activity has settled down a lot (though still going) and that the krausen is gone. I don't see anything else forming on top, which is good, but this being my first beer, I don't know if this is normal or not. Any help?


On another note, my apfelwein that I started Wednesday has passed the elephant fart phase (which was mild) so I'm happy with that. Go Go energizer!

Yep, that's normal. The krausen rises and then falls. Do you see a ring of "stuff" around the inside of the carboy where the krausen was?

Yep, the ring is there. Thanks for the answer!

Since i've been doing Hefe's recently, i don't get so much of a ring around the sides as a plastering of gunk on the top of my carboy .

Word of advice if you ever get to do a hefe, use a blow off if you primary it in a carboy, otherwise you may just paint your ceiling hefe colored

Sounds good to me. My last brew only had a half inch krausen, usually it's closer to an inch or two.

definitely normal. some yeast strains drop the krausen, others will leave a sort of thick skin krausen residue over the top of the wort. wyeast kolsch strain does this.