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Wyeast 3944 Krausen Slow to Settle?

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Start date Sep 10, 2019

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Sep 10, 2019

I brewed a witbier with this strain two weeks ago (OG = 1.050), and went to rack from bucket to keg tonight, and was surprised to see quite a bit of krausen still present when I took the lid off the primary. I used a starter, and things took off pretty quickly after pitching. Is this typical of this strain, and if so, how much longer should I expect it to take for things to settle down? I'm certain that fermentation is done, but I didn't want to siphon it with so much of a mess on the top.