No krausen?

[thirstydeerbrew]

Hey guys i've got a quick question. Brewed this on Saturday, everything went smoothly (except for a boilover) but it has been fermenting for two days and bubbling. The problem is that there is no krausen whatsoever. It also slowed down earlier and I added ice to pot its in and it picked up again. Then it slowed AGAIN and I put in more ice and boom restarted .....
What in the world? Probably fine but just wanted to run it by you guys. Thanks!!


(Heres the Recipe)
Batch Size: 5.50 gal Style: Sweet Stout (13B)
Boil Size: 8.46 gal Style Guide: BJCP 2008
Color: 39.1 SRM Equipment: Pot and Cooler (10 Gal/37.8 L) - All Grain
Bitterness: 21.8 IBUs Boil Time: 90 min
Est OG: 1.060 (14.6° P) Mash Profile: Single Infusion, Light Body, No Mash Out
Est FG: 1.009 SG (2.4° P) Fermentation: Ale, Two Stage
ABV: 6.6% Taste Rating: 30.0


7 lbs 8.0 oz Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 2
1 lbs 8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L (80.0 SRM) Grain 3
1 lbs 8.0 oz Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) Grain 4
8.0 oz Oats, Flaked (1.0 SRM) Grain 5
8.0 oz Special B Malt (180.0 SRM) Grain 6
3 lbs 0.0 oz pumpkin (3.0 SRM) Grain 7
12.0 oz Milk Sugar (Lactose) (0.0 SRM) Grain 8
1.5 oz Fuggles [4.5%] - Boil 60 min Hops 9
1.00 oz Ginger Root (Boil 12 min) Misc 10
0.5 oz Fuggles [4.5%] - Boil 5 min Hops 11
0.11 oz Cinnamon Stick (Boil 5 min) Misc 12
1.10 tsp Clove (Boil 0 min) Misc 13
1 pkgs British Ale II (Wyeast Labs #1335) Yeast 14

 

[william_shakes_beer]

So you're adding ice to the wort, or to the swamp cooler? Ice or heat should be added in response to the wort temp, not the fermentation activity. You're trying to maintian a temp within the range of the yeast. What you're saying is counterintuitive, since higher temps increase fermentation not lower temps. More info please.

 

[cannman]

Just off of your observations, it sounds like you're fermenting at too high a temperature. What yeast did you use and what is your ambient temp right now?

 

[thirstydeerbrew]

Well I used a yeast with a high temp threshold bc I don't have a fermentation chamber. I know it sounds backward haha but it's behaving in opposites !


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