PhilboBaggins Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 After getting bored with my APA/AIPA rampage, I have started brewing a greater variety of stuff. On Sunday I pitched a healthy looking starter of Wyeast 3787 - Trappist High Gravity into my new Belgian Blond ale. Monday I woke up to a lovely dense creamy Krausen on top that looked like milkshakes. [happy] Got up this morning to this: I thought, WHOA! Haven't seen anything like that since brewing stout at 30C back in the day! [devil] I came home expecting to have the krausen collapsing with the intention of doing a nice clean cling wrap transplant operation and found this: Maybe next time I brew with this yeast I might bring the FV lid out of retirement and sort out a blow off tube. I must say that she smells AMAZEBALLS! [love] [love] [love] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH21 Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Wow Philbo - that is some Krausen [lol] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH21 Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 That has got to be a foot and a half (45cm) of yeasty goodness? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilboBaggins Posted May 7, 2013 Author Share Posted May 7, 2013 Yeah mate, 35-40. The foam dropped a bit when I changed the clingwrap, but now it's growing again. [crying] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregT5 Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 The paper reported a small 2.7 magnitude earthquake in the Barossa the other day. I think we have just found the real culprit [cool] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilboBaggins Posted May 7, 2013 Author Share Posted May 7, 2013 [lol] I changed the damn cling wrap cause I thought the worst was over. The foam has crept up again and is nearly touching the top again. [annoyed] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Looks cool mate. At least you didn't have krausen oozing through the airlock [innocent] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guest1525228310 Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Get some Foam Control or Fermcap S and you will see no more mushrooms when doing big beers. It is great in starters too - allows you to put a whole 2L in a 2L Eflask without worrying about blowoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Eh!L Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Ha Ha![cool] I've got the very same thing going on with my latest brew. It's a Pale Ale using US-05. I pitched this one on a yeast cake and it's blow out the top![w00t] It's been doing this for at least 12 hours now.[pinched] The last time this happened to one of my brews the final result was one of my best of late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reuben Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 That is off the charts! A quick Google image search came up with many other volcanic fermentations. What temperature is this one hooning along at, and how strong do you expect this one to come out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilboBaggins Posted May 8, 2013 Author Share Posted May 8, 2013 Hiya Reuben. It's a 1.062 all-grain recipe for a Belgian Blond. Mashed at 66C with 5% cane sugar, it's probably going to come down quite low and be over 6% after bottle priming. The temp is around 21C, which is what I keep all of my ales at nowadays. [bandit] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reuben Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Nice. Love the character you can get from some of those Belgian yeasts. [love] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilboBaggins Posted May 8, 2013 Author Share Posted May 8, 2013 Nice. Love the character you can get from some of those Belgian yeasts. [love] This is my first, so hoping that it will resemble the Koningshoven (La Trappe) Blond [love] [love] [love] [love] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muddy Waters Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Yeeeeaaaaahhhhh [biggrin] Mount Crackaphilbo is in the house [rightful] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 I reckon those sort of photos are brew porn. It almost made me Crackaphilbo [innocent] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExpatSthAussie Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 I reckon those sort of photos are brew porn. It almost made me Crackaphilbo [innocent] [biggrin] [cool] [biggrin] You Crack me up Hair.. Great Pics, BrewPorn indeed..!If you got it, flaunt it..! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilboBaggins Posted May 9, 2013 Author Share Posted May 9, 2013 [lol] you guys... Well, day four and overnight she went mental again. I'm on the third change of cling wrap (sorry John [pinched]) and it looks like today is going to be as bad as all the rest. I might have to look into this fermcap stuff John. Can't find it on BB website, is there anywhere local you go for it mate? I plan on harvesting the yeast from this one and using regularly, so I'm not happy to put up with this every time. [annoyed] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khellendros13 Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 That is serious business! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long Gone Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 You should've got one of those DIY fermenters with the Krausen Collar and clips from Coopers, you know the ones that the dudes at AHB hate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilboBaggins Posted May 9, 2013 Author Share Posted May 9, 2013 How much extra room do they provide? This things been exploding for four days straight, unless the Cooper FV provides an extra 2 ft of headspace, I reckon I'd still be mopping up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 I think it is 30 litres with the collar. Perhaps you should look at a bigger FV for those beers. See if you can find a 40 litre one somewhere. Once the krausen drops you can rack to an FV with less headspace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilboBaggins Posted May 9, 2013 Author Share Posted May 9, 2013 I reckon I'll just go with the FermCap stuff John was on about. Honestly, you've got to see this animal to believe it. It actually froths like a milkshake and I've never seen anything like it in 10 yrs of brewing. [happy] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH21 Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 I've heard the US-05 can be like this - and I was going to recycle the yeast cake from my next brew, which will US-05 Are you guys telling me that I shouldn't leave my FV where it is now? It's on my desk, right next to my computer and printer?[unsure] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilboBaggins Posted May 9, 2013 Author Share Posted May 9, 2013 I've been using 05 for a couple of years now. Some are pretty strong ferments, some are not, but I have never seen 05 do anything like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 'The Chad' posted some photos of his 2nd gen US-05 brew going nuts but that was in a carboy with less headspace. I don't know if it would climb out of a large FV, especially the DIY FV with the collar and clips. You never know though [devil] I don't think I have ever had a 1st gen batch of US-05 give me more than an inch of krausen. They have always been small but persistent. Are you panning on dumping the wort on the whole yeast cake? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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