high krausen important?

[BeerisGOD]

hello All
sadly my latest brew had a bit of a stall and unfortunately the krausen looked none existent.
does a high krausen on the beer matter to the overall taste of the beer?
ive had many beers with low krausen but its always nice the other way imo.
my understanding is high krausen is healthy fermentation but if it doesn't impact the beer whats the deal?:-?

cheers

 

[Bigd2657]

Hi Beer is God ,

On my understanding if you have a high krausen then all well and good it just means it is a faster and more powerful fermenting yeast.
or for a high krausen it could also mean that you have a very tightlid on your fv.

If you don't have a high krausen then exactly the opposite to the above will happen.

This lack of krausen will by no means whatso ever affect the beer or the style of beer you are making.

The only thing that will affect the beer will be the length of time you leave it to ferment or the amount of fermentables you leave un fermented.

The reason the hydrometer is there is so that youre beer will tell you when it has finished fermentingand I know myself included will only go off the hydrometers readings.

I hope this helps

Big D 2657

 

[MyQul]

Short answer - No. Unless you particularly want to top crop.

I've never had a massive krausen in all the brews I've ever made. I've never been able to work this out. Throughout my brewing career, I've used various types of yeast, including true top cropping strains. I've use both my tap water and bottled water. I've made kits and AG. I've had very vigourous boils and not so. All the different variables that I think might be the reason for this have made no difference. It doesn't bother me as I usually overbuild starters rather than top crop but It's got me stumped

 

[Covrich]

Currently have a wyeast 3333 wheat now which some report having a good 6 inches.. mine is a measley 2-3.. (which tbf is pretty good)

Yeast can have a big impact, some strains come and go and some just hang around for ages..

Never used it but some day safale s04 comes and drops straight away..

What yeast did you use?

 

[JapanBrew]

My view point is yeast and, mostly noticed it on dry beers. So I don't know if it's a kind of feeding frenzy the yeast gets into or not.