King Ruddager Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 Crikey 5 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_G Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 Wow, that is the biggest Krausen i have seen ... or is it epoxy filler ... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerNuts81 Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 Impressive. What brew is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lab Cat Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 (edited) Roof batt bitter Edited October 8, 2019 by Lab Rat 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squarerootnegative1 Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 (edited) @King Ruddager I'm a bit new ... out of curiousity, what is the thing you have taped onto the side?? Edited October 8, 2019 by squarerootnegative1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerlust Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 14 minutes ago, squarerootnegative1 said: @King Ruddager I'm a bit new ... out of curiousity, what is the thing you have taped onto the side?? I think it's a weight belt, & in conjunction with that brick it's to stop the brew from blasting off! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lab Cat Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 19 minutes ago, squarerootnegative1 said: @King Ruddager I'm a bit new ... out of curiousity, what is the thing you have taped onto the side?? It's not my beer, or thread, but it's probably the temperature probe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Ruddager Posted October 8, 2019 Author Share Posted October 8, 2019 50 minutes ago, squarerootnegative1 said: @King Ruddager I'm a bit new ... out of curiousity, what is the thing you have taped onto the side?? 30 minutes ago, Lab Rat said: It's not my beer, or thread, but it's probably the temperature probe. Yep, with foam insulting it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Ruddager Posted October 8, 2019 Author Share Posted October 8, 2019 1 hour ago, GingerNuts81 said: Impressive. What brew is it? Just a pretty standard pale ale, but pitched straight onto a cake of M44 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark D Pirate Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 Wheat, Saison and stouts tend to try to climb out of the FV.... Or a massive over pitch. Which one you doing? Just changed out the blow off tube for a freshy after it made a mess of itself and blocked up, sprayed filth all over fridge . Swapped it, closed door and said good night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lab Cat Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 40 minutes ago, King Ruddager said: Yep, with foam insulting it Get a lid on it, or you'll have a 50s horror movie working its way round the streets. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben 10 Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 2 hours ago, MartyG1525230263 said: the biggest Krausen i have seen Should have seen my RIS.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlos_1984 Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 That's not your FWK is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackSands Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 12 hours ago, King Ruddager said: ... but pitched straight onto a cake of M44 On the few more recent occasions I've done that I've actually scooped out a couple of cup fulls of the cake first... minimises the likely overpitch that's occurring and reduces the chances of the krausen escaping! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Ruddager Posted October 8, 2019 Author Share Posted October 8, 2019 Whenever I try and look up information on the drawbacks over over-pitching I turn up nothing, yet everyone still says to beware. What's the dilley-o? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 It depends on the beer but it can lead to it being blander because the yeast don't really go through as much, or in extreme cases, any reproduction. It's probably not ideal for yeast health either - reproduction gives new cells rather than using the same old ones again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchellScott Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 Jesus christ! That's impressive. You're lucky its not a US-05 Krausen I don't think you'd ever get rid of it hahahaha. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackSands Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 2 hours ago, King Ruddager said: Whenever I try and look up information on the drawbacks over over-pitching I turn up nothing, yet everyone still says to beware. What's the dilley-o? Mostly theoretical I suspect! I know Brulosophy compared an underpitch (50%) with and over-pitch (250%) and their tasters couldn't pick the difference. I just tend to err on the side of caution I guess. And if for no other reason, pitching onto less cake will tend to avoid the "krausen kreep" ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenyinthewestofsydney Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 It depends what yeast your using as well. If your always using US05 or some other west coast yeast like M44 then i think it makes a slight difference only. I did a US05 full slurry pitch and could notice a difference albeit slight. Did it with S04 and it was a big difference. If i did that on a belgian yeast its the difference between night and day. As for brulosophy. I think his taste testers have had half a dozen before they get there. He should change his name to statistically insignificant. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drewbert Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 While not as epic. Here is my fermentasaurus going hard at it IMG_1562.MOV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 What's the garlic bread taped to the side for? 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drewbert Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 2 hours ago, Otto Von Blotto said: What's the garlic bread taped to the side for? *pinches fingers together near my mouth and does an thick italian accent* flavour! its actually the temp probe and foam insulation 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenyinthewestofsydney Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 Thats a big whack of foam. I sacrificed a stubby holder for my fermenters. Works a treat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drewbert Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 7 minutes ago, Greeny1525229549 said: Thats a big whack of foam. I sacrificed a stubby holder for my fermenters. Works a treat. it was abreak off from some other internal packaging. does its job a treat though 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 I figured as much but it does kinda look like a loaf of garlic bread 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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