1318, is this normal?

[Garyblueberry]

Hello everyone!

So I brewed a beer last Sunday, and used wyeast 1318 as I see it's the usual yeast we can get for a NE ipa (granted you don't have access to Conan..etc.) and it seems my yeast is still in the phase where it looks like a brain at the top of my fermenter, with no fallout on the bottom. Usually my beers would have done that "snow globe" effect and dropped out by now. I started fermentation at 65 and pushed it up to 68 two days ago. My question is: is this normal for this strain of yeast? Will it ever dropout?

 

[BlueHouseBrewhaus]

Every batch and every yeast is different. Even the same yeast with different brews will be different. Five days with active fermentation is not unusual. It's a good thing. Enjoy!

 

[Oldskewl]

1318 is a top cropper. My first ferment with it was still hanging at the top and thick at 12-14 days. I racked out from under it. Sometimes you have to poke a hole through it to dry hop in the primary. You are fine.

 

[bucketnative]

Same experience as Oldskewl on my last two batches. I was worried my dry hop pellets wouldn't make it to the beer, but they slowly worked their way down.