hillbilly

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Hi everyone,

I brewed up a wheat beer from an extract kit two weeks ago and decided to throw in what was left of an old jar of honey I had (not much... must have been around 8 oz of honey) at the beginning of the boil.
After 8 or 9 days in primary, the S.G. was staying steady at 1.018 (O.G. was 1.052 and the recipe said the F.G should be around 1.012.
Just to make sure I didn't have a stuck fermentation, I transferred it to secondary, where it's been for 5 days.
I could see some really small bubbles rising to the top, so I decided to do some research before I bottled it to play it safe(I had my bottles ready to go and everything). I read that honey can a while longer to ferment out (maybe b/c of more complex sugars for the yeast to break down?) I took a S.G reading and got about a 1.016, so it looks like this may be the case.

Does anyone have any experience with this? Are the little bubbles I am seeing from the honey slowly fermenting. If so, how long should it take to complete? I am letting it sit in the carboy for now...

Bosh

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A bit of gas still comes out of beer even after its done fermenting, the only way to tell if its still fermenting or not is to take a gravity reading.

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Drunkensatyr

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Sounds like you are done if the FG has not moved. Some Co2 is still in solution and will continue to escape from the liquid.

shaggynuts24

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from what i understead / have read / have been told

once the gravity stays in the same place for 3 consecutive days --- it is time to either move to a secondary -- or bottle

i am not sure how kits work ---- never used one