Insanely foamy beer

[jjw5015]

that must taste terribly sweet at that FG. You need to figure out your fermentation issues. You're either mashing too high or grossly underpitching your yeast. Also you're OG is wayyy over what the recipe predicted. Something is amiss with your process.

 

[Nate R]

If it helps below is a FREE spreadsheet from the folks at morebeer.com use the link to it (scroll down the page, click the link to download).
I love the morebeer website 'cause its chock full o' freebies like this!!
Good luck on brewing!

https://www.morebeer.com/products/brewing-refractometer-dual-scale.html

 

[RPh_Guy]

I just wait three weeks prior to bottling. Some say this time on the yeast cake is beneficial. Some say it is not (ignore those chumps). Anyway, it is important to develop good habits and incorporate them into your process. This is one of them.

That's pretty rude.

Lots of brewers package very soon after fermentation completes (including every professional brewery). Besides reducing turnaround time, quick packaging limits the amount of oxygen exposure, decreasing oxidation.

If your beer needs extra time on the yeast to clean up fermentation byproducts (aside from the standard diacetyl rest for lagers), then you aren't conducting a healthy fermentation.

Hoppy beers may need time for the hop particles (and polyphenols in particular) to settle.
This settling can just as easily occur after packaging, or you can using fining to accelerate clearing.