I am currently fermenting a hefe-weizen using Wyeast 3068 Weihenstephen Weizen yeast. Wyeast recommends having 33% headspace. I dont have near this much headspace. Am i going to loose much of my yeast in blowoff and how's this gonna effect my fermentation?
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Keep it cool, low 60's. It's an aggressive yeast but I've never had the headspace issues when I keep it cool.
Also if you plan on brewing subsequent batches, you can scrape off the top layer of yeast once it clears into a sanitized jar...store in the fridge for next batch
Also if you plan on brewing subsequent batches, you can scrape off the top layer of yeast once it clears into a sanitized jar...store in the fridge for next batch
maida7
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Pitch the proper amounts of healthy yeast and even if stuff comes out the top you should have plenty of yeast remaining to finish the job.
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I have had a few beers overflow the airlock and the beer still tasted good in the end. I wouldn't worry you might want to add a blow off tube just in case because when it does overflow it makes an big mess
You should have at least 20% headspace, or you will be losing yeast with a blowoff, esp. with a high OG beer. Less yeast can lead to higher FG, which isn't desireable.
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