C. Papazian says there is an advantage to removing the krausen from your fermenter, which he says contains the bitter brown resinous scum that adheres to the sides of the fermenter. He mentions that it is beneficial to remove these resins before the krausen falls to the bottom by removing the krausen itself.
He goes on to say that he doesn't really recommend this in open (plastic) fermenters unless you can be really sure of sanitation and not contaminating your beer. However he does mention that with a carboy this process is facilitated by the blow off tube in the initial stags of fermentation.
He doesn't really go into detail and I was wondering if anyone could expand on this.
Is there a process to accomplish this or is it something that happens naturally with a blow off tube.
I would think it doesn't happen naturally because isn't it true that you don't always have blow off?
Tommy
He goes on to say that he doesn't really recommend this in open (plastic) fermenters unless you can be really sure of sanitation and not contaminating your beer. However he does mention that with a carboy this process is facilitated by the blow off tube in the initial stags of fermentation.
He doesn't really go into detail and I was wondering if anyone could expand on this.
Is there a process to accomplish this or is it something that happens naturally with a blow off tube.
I would think it doesn't happen naturally because isn't it true that you don't always have blow off?
Tommy