brackbrew
Well-Known Member
Just brewed a porter on Saturday using Safale US-56 ale yeast, which I've never used before. I made a yeast starter with it, and fermentation really took off within 2-3 hours of pitching into the cooled wort. Activity was pretty high all Saturday and most of yesterday.
I've noticed things have slowed down considerable as of this morning. The scent escaping the airlock definitely smells like beer, but there has been no krausen rise (or fall) to the best of my knowledge. There do appear to be brown flecks of what look like flocculating yeast floating on the top of the beer.
I scrubbed and sanitized everything that came in contact with the starter, grains, wort, everything. I did a full wort boil and cooled it down in about 30 minutes.
I'm just curious if anybody has ever used this strain before and, if so, did you notice any similar activity characteristics during fermentation?
As always, thanks for the input and info.
I've noticed things have slowed down considerable as of this morning. The scent escaping the airlock definitely smells like beer, but there has been no krausen rise (or fall) to the best of my knowledge. There do appear to be brown flecks of what look like flocculating yeast floating on the top of the beer.
I scrubbed and sanitized everything that came in contact with the starter, grains, wort, everything. I did a full wort boil and cooled it down in about 30 minutes.
I'm just curious if anybody has ever used this strain before and, if so, did you notice any similar activity characteristics during fermentation?
As always, thanks for the input and info.