WLP400 fermentation

[Murphys_Law]

I brewed a Wit on Saturday afternoon and didn't see any signs of life through the weekend (using a Tilt and it stayed dead on @ 1.042, with last checking Sunday night before bed). Temp was at 68* and planning to slowly raise to ~74*.

Woke up this morning to check on the beer, thinking if I didn't see signs of life I would either dump or re-pitch. SG was @ 1.032 and here is what I saw.

Funky looking, if you ask me!

 

[porterpounder]

Looks fine. With lots of glutinous wheat you may get some large bubble krausen like that. If it was funky it usually looks much less active with the film/gooey bubble pretty flatly close to the surface of the beer.

 

[Murphys_Law]

Looks fine. With lots of glutinous wheat you may get some large bubble krausen like that. If it was funky it usually looks much less active with the film/gooey bubble pretty flatly close to the surface of the beer.

Sorry, I wasn't using "funky" as infected. Its just crazy looking compared to other krausen I've had. I should have realized that "funk" has a specific meaning!

 

[mattdee1]

I found WLP400 to be a slow worker. I did a 1.045 wit that still wasn't at FG after 15 days. Beer tasted great, though.

 

[runningfarmer]

That yeast needs a little rocking to keep going.

 

[bucketnative]

I found WLP400 to be a slow worker. I did a 1.045 wit that still wasn't at FG after 15 days. Beer tasted great, though.

Agreed, I just leave wits in primary for four weeks to be safe.