A foamy build-up of yeast and proteins formed on the surface of the brew during fermentation.
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What is Responsible for the Dissipation of Krausen, and may a Batch be Bottled if its Krausen has Not been Dissipated?
This picture contains two extract batches made on two successive days approximately two weeks ago.
One is a Honey Weizen (OG=1.048; Wyeast 1010 American Wheat Yeast), and the other is a Phat Tyre (OG=1.052; Wyeast 1762 Belgian Abbey I), both from…
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What does krausen say about the flavor of the final beer
...if anything.
I'm brewing batch number 4 now. So far I've tasted three different delicious beers with three different krausen behaviors, and the fourth yet again has different krausen. I'm just wondering if there are any early observations that an…
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