mobrewdude
Well-Known Member
Hi All, still very much a noob but starting to get things figured out on my 3rd brew. I do have a question I couldn't find an exact answer for though.
3 weeks ago I brewed an extract American Wheat with steeping grains and kicked off the ferment with a starter I made from Wyeast 1010. I had already converted a chest freezer with a Johnson Control A419 and got my ferment temp running at 62 degrees (actual temp, not the programmed temp). The ferment went great and I had the 'hole of butt' smell that I've read 1010 is notorious for within a few days. The ferment slowed significantly within the first week and I had a gravity reading of 1.014. I know it isn't necessary with a wheat but I transferred to a secondary after the week and it's been in the secondary for the last 2 weeks. It's had a steady gravity reading of 1.012 for the last 9 days.
Most of what I've read says I'm ready to bottle after a steady reading for 3 days and I'm well beyond that but I've got clumps of tiny tiny bubbles on the surface of the beer, at first I thought it was some kind of growth but close inspection verifies they are bubbles. Do I need to wait for these to disappear or can I safely bottle based off the gravity reading?
3 weeks ago I brewed an extract American Wheat with steeping grains and kicked off the ferment with a starter I made from Wyeast 1010. I had already converted a chest freezer with a Johnson Control A419 and got my ferment temp running at 62 degrees (actual temp, not the programmed temp). The ferment went great and I had the 'hole of butt' smell that I've read 1010 is notorious for within a few days. The ferment slowed significantly within the first week and I had a gravity reading of 1.014. I know it isn't necessary with a wheat but I transferred to a secondary after the week and it's been in the secondary for the last 2 weeks. It's had a steady gravity reading of 1.012 for the last 9 days.
Most of what I've read says I'm ready to bottle after a steady reading for 3 days and I'm well beyond that but I've got clumps of tiny tiny bubbles on the surface of the beer, at first I thought it was some kind of growth but close inspection verifies they are bubbles. Do I need to wait for these to disappear or can I safely bottle based off the gravity reading?
