ctkach
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I pitched a packet SafAle S-04 into a batch of porter on Saturday and it took off pretty quickly (was showing signs of fermentation by bedtime) and reached full krausen Sunday evening. Since then the krausen has completely fallen back into the beer (as of Tuesday morning) and the activity has slowed significantly. I haven't taken an SG reading yet but I can't believe that a 1.058 beer has fermented out in 2+ days.
I've experienced this same pattern before with this yeast but thought it was due to a temperature change and subsequently shocking the yeast (I dropped the temp of fermentation by 10 degrees after krausen started). This time around the temp has pretty much been stable (within 2-3 degrees).
Now, the real question... since this is a british strain I'm curious if this yeast is more suitable to open fermentation and what I'm experiencing is an effect of that because I'm using a glass carboy for primary.
What are other people's experience with this yeast? Are you using a plastic bucket primary (essentially open fermentation) or a closed vessel such as a glass carboy? have you noticed similar patterns in fermentation?
- Chris
I've experienced this same pattern before with this yeast but thought it was due to a temperature change and subsequently shocking the yeast (I dropped the temp of fermentation by 10 degrees after krausen started). This time around the temp has pretty much been stable (within 2-3 degrees).
Now, the real question... since this is a british strain I'm curious if this yeast is more suitable to open fermentation and what I'm experiencing is an effect of that because I'm using a glass carboy for primary.
What are other people's experience with this yeast? Are you using a plastic bucket primary (essentially open fermentation) or a closed vessel such as a glass carboy? have you noticed similar patterns in fermentation?
- Chris