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Home Brew lost foam sooner than expected?
I'm making my first ever batch of homemade Stout. According to the instructions, the wort and yeast should sit for 3 to5 days, and should reach a SG below 1020. It said when the head drops, to move it to the carboy. After less than 2 days, the head dropped completely, and the SG is just above 1020. Does the sudden drop in head indicate a problem already?
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- bruddah_chrispyLv 51 decade agoFavorite Answer
No, there shouldn't be a problem. Different strains of yeast, different fermentation temperatures, different sugars in the beer, as well as the yeasts' inability to read a calendar, can all vary the amount of time it takes to complete the lag phase and growth phase of fermentation.
By "moving it to a carboy" I assume that you are performing a secondary fermentation. For future reference, many experts now believe that moving the beer to a secondary fermenter is not advised unless you are adding fruit or dry-hopping. In the past, there was a need to get the beer away from the yeast cake. But with advances in yeast culturing, the greater danger is potential contamination/oxygenation when racking the beer.
Cheers!
Source(s): Homebrewer and beer nerd - Anonymous1 decade ago
No problem. Just wait until the SG drops below 1020. I don't usually bother. I just give the wort 2 weeks in the plastic bucket and two more in the glass carboy, for most ales.
Not everything happens on the same schedule that it happens on when the writer of the recipe brews.