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10-10-2005, 05:55 PM
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Bubbler Marathon
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Just Curious...
Give me your longest bubble times for your ales. For example, I just brewed up my first all-grain batch "Good Life Pale Ale" from Papazian's book. It is currently actively bubbling on it's 13 day. It wasn't a slow starter either (and not really fast one).
What's your longest bubble time? We will make this a little contest, and play by the honor system.
I'm currently at 13 days and climbing (still in the primary).
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10-10-2005, 06:07 PM
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I use secondaries. :p
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you already have me beat. my longest bubble time was about 10 or 11 days, and this was largely due to stuck fermentation that re-started after 2 days of silence.
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10-10-2005, 06:08 PM
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I haven't had a beer go past 6 days or so. My longest was a cider at around 2 weeks, but I'd say that doesn't count  |
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10-10-2005, 07:15 PM
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I've never had one go over 5 days. What are you guys putting in that I'm not ?
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10-10-2005, 07:35 PM
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I've never had a primary go over 8 days. I dumped an Imperial IPA on the trub from a Mild and hit 1.011 in 36 hours. Had several explosions on the way. The fermentor ended up in the kitchen sink with a towel over it.
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10-10-2005, 09:05 PM
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Seems like my Belgian Wit Grand Cru bubbled for about 10 days. I could be wrong, I didn't keep track.
My Strong English Ale started bubbling this morning. I'll post the results in a week or so.
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10-11-2005, 01:02 AM
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2 weeks on my Grim Reaper IPA. I used WYeast London Ale and it was furious for 2 weeks straight. I had put the bucket in the kitchen off to the side, and it was a good conversation piece for the entire time. Damn thing went crazy the whole time. My normal times are usually 5-7 days, but this one had a mind of its own.
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10-11-2005, 01:36 AM
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Longest I've had is for a strong wheat - kind of a triple (13% ABV). It was 10 days.
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10-11-2005, 01:45 AM
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Originally Posted by gibfried
I'm currently at 13 days and climbing (still in the primary).
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You didn't use a starter. Did you?
I just had one that started at 1.074 take a full 8 days but I had a lot of firmentables to consume and a lot of krausen to drop out.
13 days, I'm betting that you had a low pitch rate and a slow ramp up in your first stages.
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10-11-2005, 05:27 AM
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I used a Wyeast smack. It didn't start slow, but it wasn't fast either - just steady. I had a blowoff after 36 hours that lasted at least 24 hours.
I'm at a loss myself - I've never experience activity for this period of time.
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