Square Krausen

[love2brew]

Hello all

This is around my 4th batch. I used Coopers IPA pre hopped malt extract. 2lbs DME light, and about 200gr of dextrose. Got 5 gallons to a boil, stopped boil, mixed in ingrediants, cooled quickly and into the fermenter for primary. Pitched the can yeast which looked pretty viable after rehydration.

My question is, its been around 35hrs and there is so Air lock activity, no big deal but I have always had it happen. And the Krausen made a huge square head rising out of the center. The krausen is typically about 2 inches thick and uniformed over the entire surface of the beer.

I think that is a pretty good sign its fermenting even without the bubbles right? The square head looks pretty funny as well

 

[Clonefarmer]

Hello all

This is around my 4th batch. I used Coopers IPA pre hopped malt extract. 2lbs DME light, and about 200gr of dextrose. Got 5 gallons to a boil, stopped boil, mixed in ingrediants, cooled quickly and into the fermenter for primary. Pitched the can yeast which looked pretty viable after rehydration.

My question is, its been around 35hrs and there is so Air lock activity, no big deal but I have always had it happen. And the Krausen made a huge square head rising out of the center. The krausen is typically about 2 inches thick and uniformed over the entire surface of the beer.

I think that is a pretty good sign its fermenting even without the bubbles right? The square head looks pretty funny as well

You probably have an air leak if you're seeing Krausen, but not getting bubbles in the air lock. As for a square Krausen that's something I've never seen.

 

[love2brew]

I started laughing hysterically and my grandfather, who i brewed this for at his house and knows nothing about beer thought I was crazy.

I wish there was some way to take a picture it looked alieve

 

[nutty_gnome]

I wish there was some way to take a picture it looked alieve

My choice would be a camera. Good luck! N_G

 

[Hoppus_Poppatopolis]

Sounds to me like you have a Euclidean infection.

 

[IrregularPulse]

I started laughing hysterically and my grandfather, who i brewed this for at his house and knows nothing about beer thought I was crazy.

I wish there was some way to take a picture it looked alieve

My choice would be a camera. Good luck! N_G

And it is alive! Yeast are living creatures

 

[funkapottomous]

My choice would be a camera. Good luck! N_G

he could always draw it.

 

[love2brew]

Hey, I went there today and it looked much more normal, krausen was uniform overtop the beer

what is a Euclidean infection? Could it be possible

 

[Clonefarmer]

Hey, I went there today and it looked much more normal, krausen was uniform overtop the beer

what is a Euclidean infection? Could it be possible

It's a geometry joke .

 

[love2brew]

Oh I see, everone is getting nerdy on me! lol

no wonder I couldnt make any sense of my google search results on that word.

 

[olllllo]

I think your problem is with your stereoscopic vision, since you are clearly describing a cube.