LaurieGator
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I brewed a beer over the weekend, a Nut Brown Ale with an OG of 1.045, all grain, English yeast WLP002 with a 2 liter starter (and a bit of yeast nutrient in the starter because I love my yeasties.)
I only saw the slightest bit of krausen. The Dubbel fermenting in the fridge is on day 6 with its blow-off tube. Both are fermenting at 68f.
This was strange for my experience in brewing, so I did a gravity reading before I panicked. My day 3 gravity is 1.013.
Srsly? With no krausen to speak of? Lesson learned... Air locks may lie (mine bubbled away like crazy) and you may have hardly any krausen but the gravity always tells the truth.
Yippee! I don't need to pitch additional yeast, just gonna keep it fermenting in primary for another 18 or so days.
I brewed a beer over the weekend, a Nut Brown Ale with an OG of 1.045, all grain, English yeast WLP002 with a 2 liter starter (and a bit of yeast nutrient in the starter because I love my yeasties.)
I only saw the slightest bit of krausen. The Dubbel fermenting in the fridge is on day 6 with its blow-off tube. Both are fermenting at 68f.
This was strange for my experience in brewing, so I did a gravity reading before I panicked. My day 3 gravity is 1.013.
Srsly? With no krausen to speak of? Lesson learned... Air locks may lie (mine bubbled away like crazy) and you may have hardly any krausen but the gravity always tells the truth.
Yippee! I don't need to pitch additional yeast, just gonna keep it fermenting in primary for another 18 or so days.