Foam at the top of the fermenter?

[Cmacbeen]

Hello, I recently brewed a 1 gal batch of the Irish Red Ale. I used a blow-off tube for the first 2 days of fermentation which was very helpful as I had a lot of foam bubble up and out but my question is, should I still be seeing left over foam in the top of my carboy? I removed the blow-off tube on day 3 when the foam was no longer going down the tube and replaced it with an airlock but there is still quite a bit of residue left at the top almost 2 weeks later. Bubbling has died down almost to 0 in the airlock btw and there doesnt seem to be much going on in the fermenter at this point.

Thanks for your help in advance!

cmacbeen

[flars]

Remnants of the krausen sticking to the side of the carboy is normal. Often it dries to a crusty ring which needs to be soaked in cleaner to remove after racking the beer to the bottling bucket.

Without a blow off tube assembly the dried krausen sometimes needs to be cleaned from the ceiling.

[jimrmaine]

And there is really only one sure way to find out if your beer is finished fermenting- take a SG(specific gravity) with a hydrometer. Although if you don't want to waste any of that precious beer, you are probably done and ready to package after 2 weeks. But, I am nervous if I don't get hard confirmation, by taking a SG. Good luck, it all sounds nominal at this point (yes I watched the SpaceX launch yesterday)

[Cmacbeen]

I bottled on Sunday that put my primary at 17 days. Fg reading of 1.008!! No problem with foam residue on bottling day (just like y'all said) but I did have some siphon issue when racking. I'm hoping I didn't introduce too much O2! I'll let these condition in bottle for 3 weeks and give it a go