US-05

[MarkC]

Five days ago I put down a Red Ale brew, based on an OS Real Ale tin, and the krausen in the FV is still huge! Is US-05 a beast of a yeast, or have I somehow created a monster?

I've only done 6 brews to date, and apart from the usual toucan stout volcano, the others have been fairly gentle affairs. This is my first time using this yeast.

Cheers, Mark.

[Soundawake]

Krausen is very stubborn with US05. Sometimes it doesn't go away at all.

[Greenyinthewestofsydney]

My Fav yeast for Pale Ales and IPA's. Always gets a decent krausen and yes it takes a while to fall away. You won't be disappointed with this yeast.

[Otto Von Blotto]

Yep sounds pretty normal for US-05 in my experience too. It does vary in size but it usually hangs around for a while.

[Morrie]

I currently have 2 Coopers kits (Bootmakers) in the brew fridge at the moment and both were pitched with US05. They both took 2 weeks for the krausen to collapse to the point of looking like someone had spat all over the top of the brew.

 

Now doing a 5 day dry hop at 14ºC and then followed by a crash chill for a week.

[MarkC]

Thanks guys, much appreciated. Just tasted the brew, lovely flavours that seem to come from the yeast.

[BlackSands]

Day 8 here with a US-05 brew - still has a persistent krausen.

[MarkC]

This morning I put a porter recipe in the FV, just dumped it on top of the red ale trub. A few hours later, I checked on progress and that magnificent US-05 had thrown a big krausen over the mix. I am liking my new relationship with this yeast.