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[Ducatiboy stu]

Anyone going to bring up rehydrating dry yeast vs sprinkle?

No


But can I mentions kittens ?

 

[Coodgee]

Just a quick question guys. The krausen has gone off the top of my brew, is this normal or do i have to start worrying ?

sounds perfectly normal. if you had a nice big Krausen by the 27th then it makes sense that fermentation should be nearly finished now. So the Krausen will being falling back into the beer. So now take a hydrometer reading, it should be down around 1010 or thereabouts. then take one again tomorrow and the day after. if it stays the same over those 3 readings then it is done. Don't be in a rush to bottle the beer, even though primary fermentation is probably about done, the yeast will be be busy eating the by-products of the primary ferment - a process which may improve the flavour of the final beer. give it at least 7 days before you bottle.

 

[strods]

Normal. It won't stay forever although some are more persistent than others.

Taking a sample into a hydrometer tube and smelling/tasting at various points is a good way to learn about how a normal fermentation develops and as you get to understand the flavours, is a good indication of whether something is wrong.

ok cool, well i think everything is going ok, got a nice beer smell coming from it. Will be doing a hydrometer test tomorrow evening