Belgian ipa brewed?

[dirtybasementbrew]

Last Sunday I brewed a Belgian IPA. Fermentation was crazy for 4 days. 6 days later I checked the bucket and there was a thick band of green and brown gunk stuck tie the side about 3 inches thick. All the krausen has already sunk and there was a few bubbles on the surface. Should I check gravity now or give a few more days?

 

[djonas]

It can't hurt to let it go another few days, personally, I would wait a week at the very, very minimum. But he fermentation time is dependent on many variables including original gravity, yeast strain, and temperature, to name a few.

I don't like exposing a new beer to air unless it's necessary. So in my opinion, let it go a bit longer. The worst that could happen is that the yeast finishes its food or the beer ends up more conditioned.

 

[RonPopeil]

if you wanna look at it then look at it.

you're using a bucket so just sanitize your hydrometer and drop it in. no scouping out a sample.

i'm willing to guess that your green stuff on the edge is hop matter.