Adding my own, "Is this normal" Thread...

[telp]

I know there are a lot of these threads and I'm sorry I'm just gonna add one more to it. This has been fermenting for the past 9 days and has looked like this basically since I pitched my yeast I believe. Just looking for verification one way or another.



Thanks

 

[Captain Damage]

It's okay. There are some English ale strains - can't remember the numbers off the top of my head - that will do that. It will fall in time.

 

[ChefRex]

BRAINS, must drink BRAINS!!

 

[telp]

Thanks, Captain !

 

[Cyclman]

Looks fine. One of the most interesting things of brewing is being a fermentation voyeur- I never liked bucket fermentation for that reason.

 

[twistr25]

What yeast strain is it? If it's a top-cropper, which it appears it is, you may need a cold crash to knock it down. I had to do that for my last pumpkin ale.

That is gnarly looking though!

 

[telp]

I used a Wyeast American Ale liquid yeast for it. I am new to this, what is a cold crashing?

I was thinking about racking this to secondary pretty soon. Should that be a problem? Instead of cold crashing can I just rack underneath that into a secondary?

 

[twistr25]

Cold crashing is moving it into a fridge or really cold area, down to upper 30s, for 48 hours or so.

Shouldn't be a problem, but make sure you are at FG. And you can rack from underneath it. May want to use a nylon sock or hop bag over your racking cane to try to keep out as much sediment as you can.

 

[telp]

Good idea with the hop bag. Just out of curiosity, if I cold crash it before it's at FG will that send the yeast into hibernation, and will they come out under normal room temperature after the cold crash?

 

[twistr25]

Technically yes, but you may as well wait until you have reached FG. And given the time frame, you should be there, but it's best to make sure.

 

[telp]

And just one last question them. If I'm already at FG, is there a point to even transferring it to a secondary?

 

[twistr25]

No, that's completely up to you. You can go ahead and bottle or move to keg or wherever your next step takes you.

 

[telp]

No, that's completely up to you. You can go ahead and bottle or move to keg or wherever your next step takes you.

Thanks for the help twistr!