Huge krausen, broken hydro

[spazjdm]

I have an Abbey Ale fermenting now, its been going for 3 weeks, hydrometer is broken, OG was 1.086. Popped the cork out to peek inside, still a massive krausen layer. Had extreme blowoff for the whole first week. Problem is i cant take a hydro reading. Shall i let it sit till krausen subside? And wait on hydro? probably answered my own question, but any advice would be helpful

 

[HollisBT]

Maybe try gently swirling the fermenter to help the krausen drop? I would wait for the krausen to drop before I racked over, but everyone has their own methods.

I would also probably go to the lhbs and get a new hydro. Actually, scratch that, I would use this as an excuse to upgrade to a refractometer

 

[spazjdm]

i tried swirling the container around to ease the krausen down 2 days ago. i can get my hands on a refractometer tomorrow, i have no experience using one though. hydro will take a bit longer because i dont have a HBS locally.

 

[spazjdm]

scratch that, i have no experience using a refractometer for my homebrew, have used it for work.