Finished brewing a Belgian Witbier 11/1/09

cabledawg · 11-02-2009, 08:09 PM

I just finished brewing a belgian witibier exctract kit last night and every thing went ok until I took the S.G. Instruction said suggested S.G. was 1.041. I ended up with 1.052. So I mixed the heck out of it and checked again still 1.052. Oh well I will try better next time. Here it is fermenting away in a water bath.

JMSetzler · 11-02-2009, 09:20 PM

Did you end up with 5 gallons in the fermenter? If it was less than 5 gallons, that would help explain why the gravity was higher...

cabledawg · 11-02-2009, 11:20 PM

I ended up with just under five gallons, maybe 4.95 gallons. I am pretty sure that small amount of water wouldn't matter. I used a wine degaussing wand to mix and aerate the wort so I know it is mixed.

JMSetzler · 11-02-2009, 11:48 PM

What was the temperature of the wort when you took the gravity reading?

cabledawg · 11-03-2009, 12:24 AM

65 degrees. hydrometer verified in distilled water

JMSetzler · 11-03-2009, 01:05 AM

That being the case, and since you were using a kit, there had to be more ingredients in the kit than there should have been...

cabledawg · 11-03-2009, 11:31 PM

This is the most controlled fermentation I have ever had. The water bath on day on kept the temp around 66 withe frozen bottles. I noticed there was a temperature difference between the top of the tub and the bottom. So I plugged in a little water feature pump to recirculate the water and now everything is at a nice 64deg.

JMSetzler · 11-04-2009, 02:25 AM

What part of North Carolina? I'm in Hickory...

cabledawg · 11-04-2009, 09:51 AM

I am in Lillington, NC

EricCSU · 11-09-2009, 12:19 AM

I think you'll be fine. Did my pics inspire your brew? Just curious.

Eric