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I brewed the Fat Bastard on Sunday. If fermented for about 8 hours then just quit. No Krausen on top, that fell to the bottom. What now? Any Suggestions?

Did you do a gravity check?

Tom Wrinkles wrote:Did you do a gravity check?

No, I didn't think to. It can't be done. Not in just 8 hours. I'll just let it set and wait. It's a dark beer so I'll probably not rack to secondary.

Some more questions for diagnosis:
Are you fermenting in a bucket? If so there possibly could be a seal issue.
Did you use Fermcap S in the fermenter? Maybe fermentation has subsided enough that it isn't creating the high krausen anymore, and the Fermcap S is doing it's job.
Do you have any airlock activity.
Was there a change in temperature?

john mills wrote:Some more questions for diagnosis:
Are you fermenting in a bucket? If so there possibly could be a seal issue.
Did you use Fermcap S in the fermenter? Maybe fermentation has subsided enough that it isn't creating the high krausen anymore, and the Fermcap S is doing it's job.
Do you have any airlock activity.
Was there a change in temperature?

No I'm using a glass carboy,
Yes I used Fermcap S.
Yes there is a little activity in the airlock.
nope still at 68 degrees.

If you have gas coming off, it's still working.