My first brew appears to have a second krausen?

[Brewsters billions]

Hello all, this is my first brew and my first post so ill put in as much info as i can think of.

Brewing a NE DIPA
- Using London III yeast (two packs).
- OG was 1.095.
- It has been sitting around 85F; 71F when it was at peak fermentation.

It looked to be done on day 8, (did not do gravity readings). Day 9 so we dry hopped it with 6oz straight into the carboy (no bag). Day 10 and it had this heavy foam, which looks like a 2nd krausen.

- Last 3 gravity readings have been 1.038.

Can anyone tell me whats going on? Did I rack it too soon? Did it get infected?

Hello all, this is my first brew and my first post so ill put in as much info as i can think of.

Brewing a NE DIPA
- Using London III yeast (two packs).
- OG was 1.095.
- It has been sitting around 68-71F when it was at peak fermentation.

It looked to be done on day 8, (did not do gravity readings). Day 9 so we dry hopped it with 6oz straight into the carboy (no bag). Day 10 and it had this heavy foam, which looks like a 2nd krausen.

- Last 3 gravity readings have been 1.038.

Can anyone tell me whats going on? Did I rack it too soon? Did it get infected?

 

[TKWoody]

I'm no expert, I'd say let it finish fermenting and then taste it.

However, I'm guessing that your going to have fusels from the initial high fermentation temperature. Might give it a chemical taste and a headache afterwards. Read up on this site on controlling the temperature, swamp coolers, etc.

Also, you mention racking. Most of the current thinking is you don't need to transfer your beer to a secondary. You can keep it in the original carboy until you package your beer.

 

[beermanpete]

Rather than a second fermentation I suspect the racking and dry hopping caused some CO2 to come out of solution creating the foam.