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Anecdotal I know, but just to put your mind at ease for anyone that agonizes about this kind of thing. I brewed a Pomegranate Wit and a Smash back in early February, they've been sitting in the primary forever as I was super lazy about getting them packaged (I've always packaged after 3-4 weeks...

Yes, I agree the beer is done and ready to be bottled. The question I posed still stands. I like to think I can tell the difference between young and off at this point. Given I *think* it's off, and in all my batches I've never had airlock activity continue like this with comparable gravity...

Brewed an old ale. OG 1.092, expected FG 1.032 with WLP002. Other than a smaller than expected krausen, fermentation seemed to go normally. After 4 weeks I took a sample, found SG at 1.028 and assumed it was done even though there is still airlock activity. It's not super active, but enough...

Light film that drops quickly indicates a bottle Krausen which is fine (part of the carbonation process when bottle conditioning). A film that forms and doesn't drop is telling me it's an infection. Whether lacto or other it doesn't matter. Pop a bottle and take a culture and see what grows...

The thin-ness could certainly be a symptom of your mash temps, but the off flavors you report are telling me something else is going on. Your OG probably came in around 1.049 depending on your efficiency, which means pitching at .50 mil cells/ml/*plato, 1 vial of 005 should be fine. Also, I've...