Krazy Krausen !

[Sven]

I've just put down the True Aussie Bitter from Paul's recipe which says to pitch at 20 deg. then allow the brew to drop to as low as 13 deg.

 

There was no action for the first 18-24 hours so I slid my pad heater underneath and left it for a day. Well now the krausen has gone krazy! Thick, white and creamy looking. So off went the pad heater and I've got an immersion heater set at 15 deg. (I know you don't recommend them but it's sanitised to within an inch of its life).

 

The reason I am posting about this is, the True Aussie Bitter recipe does mention there will be less foam when fermenting with lager yeast. Yet I don't ever remember seing such a mighty krausen.

 

Is all well with my Little Aussie Battler? Probably a silly question but I'm really digging chewing the fat about Home Brewing with you Champions.

 

[biggrin]

 

[Slurtis Staggersalot]

Every once in awhile the krausen gets mad and makes a mess, so I bought a bigger bucket... I still make a mess once in awhile though, I get impatient and try to ferment a 23 liter batch in a carboy, big gamble... sometimes it works out fine but sometimes I have to clean up a mess....

[PB2]

The kit yeast is a lager/ale blend. So it may throw a reasonable krausen. Do you have an idea of what temp the brew got up to with the heat-pad?

 

[Sven]

No more than 20-ish degrees.

[PB2]

At that temp I would expect about an inch or two of krausen.

[Sven]

I assume it'd be fine to drop back to 15 deg then.

[PB2]

See how it goes at 15C [cool]