pmastello
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Ok, so maybe not everlasting, but this krausen has been on top of my fermenting beer for the past two weeks.
I brewed my first Belgian strong blonde two weeks ago, mainly pilsner malt and some cane sugar.
I pitched a 3l starter from one whitelabs vial of wlp530 at 18c, let it rise to 20 over a week left it there for another week. Came back today and expected it to be done. Instead i found a thick brown creamy looking krausen on the top. Normally i would take a gravity reading and check the attenuation, except i broke my hydrometer when i was brewing last. So I don't know my OG or if I've reached my planned FG. I work full time and can't get to my
Lhbs to buy a new hydrometer.
Did I also mention I'm moving house too? I have to be out by Friday, and the only thing left to move is my fermenting fridge.
What do I do? Just keg it on friday and let it be? Does anyone have experience with wlp530? Does it leave a foamy krausen after finishing? Is that normal for that strain? I don't really want to move my full fermenter, especially when I only use glad wrap as a lid.
I brewed my first Belgian strong blonde two weeks ago, mainly pilsner malt and some cane sugar.
I pitched a 3l starter from one whitelabs vial of wlp530 at 18c, let it rise to 20 over a week left it there for another week. Came back today and expected it to be done. Instead i found a thick brown creamy looking krausen on the top. Normally i would take a gravity reading and check the attenuation, except i broke my hydrometer when i was brewing last. So I don't know my OG or if I've reached my planned FG. I work full time and can't get to my
Lhbs to buy a new hydrometer.
Did I also mention I'm moving house too? I have to be out by Friday, and the only thing left to move is my fermenting fridge.
What do I do? Just keg it on friday and let it be? Does anyone have experience with wlp530? Does it leave a foamy krausen after finishing? Is that normal for that strain? I don't really want to move my full fermenter, especially when I only use glad wrap as a lid.