Hi all,
First time home brewer here, and have a question that I haven’t seen asked or answered in my internet searches.
I have an American wheat ale wort. OG was 1.035. Pitched the yeast, and in about 30 hours it started fermenting and developed Krausen. Temp 72-74% range. Then the krausen went away after about 2-3 days - leaving scattered bubbles on top of the wort. Some solids on bottom. Still had sporadic bubbling at the air lock every 1-1/2 minute or so for a couple of days (none on the 3rd so far as I could tell). Took gravity readings over those 2-1/2 to 3 days and it was stuck at 1.030. Then on the 4th morning (8 days after pitch) checked it and it had thick krausen again and has been fermenting for 3 days now ever since, and still has thick krausen and as of this morning has a gravity of 1.018. Would that mean a wild yeast has been introduced or is it possible that the original yeast restarted? No off odors as much as I can tell. Just haven’t found any examples of others having this happen. Any help would be appreciated.
First time home brewer here, and have a question that I haven’t seen asked or answered in my internet searches.
I have an American wheat ale wort. OG was 1.035. Pitched the yeast, and in about 30 hours it started fermenting and developed Krausen. Temp 72-74% range. Then the krausen went away after about 2-3 days - leaving scattered bubbles on top of the wort. Some solids on bottom. Still had sporadic bubbling at the air lock every 1-1/2 minute or so for a couple of days (none on the 3rd so far as I could tell). Took gravity readings over those 2-1/2 to 3 days and it was stuck at 1.030. Then on the 4th morning (8 days after pitch) checked it and it had thick krausen again and has been fermenting for 3 days now ever since, and still has thick krausen and as of this morning has a gravity of 1.018. Would that mean a wild yeast has been introduced or is it possible that the original yeast restarted? No off odors as much as I can tell. Just haven’t found any examples of others having this happen. Any help would be appreciated.