Krazy Krausen!

[ApresSkiBrewer]

ApreSkiBrewer wrote: Crupp, what are you using as your 14 gallon fermentors?

Sorry...it's 15 gallons. I got it from Minibrew:http://www.minibrew.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=5&products_id=8.
I really like it, but next time I'm going with stainless.


I think I'm just going to use a sanke keg for my 10g batches that I want to ferment all together. I am hoping 5.5g of headspace should be enough to avoid blowoffs.

sorry for the thread hijack!

[bhaslip]

The APA is fermenting great, it's just not shooting out of the airlock like the IPA.

The IPA was mashed at 149 F and the APA at 152 F.

For the starters I made a batch of wort and then split it between two mason jars and then pitched a vile into each and let them sit for 24 hours on top of my fermentation cabinet (freezer with temp controller).

[crupp]

Well...Who knows...maybe three degrees was enough to make one batch more fermentable than the other?

[BigNastyBrew]

Well...Who knows...maybe three degrees was enough to make one batch more fermentable than the other?

Absolutely!

a 149° mash makes my kraeusen blow off the top. You get more fermentable sugars there converted from the beta amylase enzyne activity. 152° still gives me a very active fermentation but I've never blown off from a 152° personally.