GreenDragon
Well-Known Member
So I whipped up a modified 10 gallon batch of EdWort's Oktoberfest, it's his exact recipe but with a smaller grain bill to lower the ABV just a bit.
This is my first time using my new temp controller and my first time using a yeast that really likes cooler temps. I have the fermentation chamber set to 58F which should make the beer 65-ish like EdWort suggested.
So on to my question... Does Kölsch yeast ferment really weird? It's still a top fermenting yeast right? About 24 hours after adding it I had some white fluffy stuff on top of my beer. It was almost perfectly circular, kind of harry. It did NOT look like krausen at all, it actually looked like I had a lacto infection.
Fast forward 3 days... now the fermentation is going pretty good and there's a decent amount of krausen on top and it looks like every other beer I've ever brewed.
I'm not too worried about it. I figured when the time comes I'll taste a bit of it before I move it into the kegs for aging. For peace of mind, I thought I'd ask if this is just normal for this yeast?
This is my first time using my new temp controller and my first time using a yeast that really likes cooler temps. I have the fermentation chamber set to 58F which should make the beer 65-ish like EdWort suggested.
So on to my question... Does Kölsch yeast ferment really weird? It's still a top fermenting yeast right? About 24 hours after adding it I had some white fluffy stuff on top of my beer. It was almost perfectly circular, kind of harry. It did NOT look like krausen at all, it actually looked like I had a lacto infection.
Fast forward 3 days... now the fermentation is going pretty good and there's a decent amount of krausen on top and it looks like every other beer I've ever brewed.
I'm not too worried about it. I figured when the time comes I'll taste a bit of it before I move it into the kegs for aging. For peace of mind, I thought I'd ask if this is just normal for this yeast?