cider krausen

[kewlio250]

anyone had a cider with a large krausen, like a beer would?

just wondering, largest ive ever seen was less than an inch tall, but i only fill my 6.5 gallon fermenter up to 5.5 gallons just in case, and wondering if this is just wasteful

 

[Fizzycist]

Nope, my ciders all have very low kreusen. Bet if you made a graff it would get big.

 

[HAREEBROWNBEEST]

Check my pics under red hot cider just transferred to secondary today, you can see the line on my primary, less than an inch I'd say.

 

[jkoegel]

I think it depends on the yeast and what you add to it.
My first batch was EC-1118 and brown sugar. Maybe 1/4" krausen, just a few bubbles floating around.
The last couple batches I used 71b-1122. Boiled the sugar to caramelize it before adding to the cider. I used a blow off tube on my 6.5 gal carboy, but I did have it pretty full. The second primary was done in a 7gal pail and the krausen was about 2 inches, right up to the lid.

 

[UpstateMike]

A blackberry cider I did with S-04 got up to maybe 2 inches, then receded.

 

[HAREEBROWNBEEST]

A blackberry cider I did with S-04 got up to maybe 2 inches, then receded.

Wow that looks nasty..., nasty good!

 

[mloster]

A little late here, but I have a cider going right now with a solid 6 inch krausen.

 

[Kashue]

I just started, but both of my batches thus far have had little to no krausen. One still got high enough to foul the airlock twice, but looking at it otherwise, I have no idea how it did.