littleScrapper
Active Member
this is my very first batch of beer.
it's been in the secondary for about 20 days now, and there is still airlock activity and small bubbles fizzing up the sides of my carboy.
we dry-hopped it twice in the last 20 days, once when we racked, and once about 5 days ago..
the beer isn't settling and clearing, there has been no visual change in the last 20 days except the hops have mostly settled to the bottom.
the trub on the bottom is fairly thick, maybe an inch or more. i really want to get me beer off of there as soon as possible
i know i should do a hydrometer, i haven't done that lately, but it seems to me like fermentation is still taking place. i want to do as few gravity readings as possible.
is there a chance it could be done fermenting and the hops are just causing CO2 to exolve from my brew?
how can i get this beer to clear up and settle down before i bottle?
thanks for reading!
it's been in the secondary for about 20 days now, and there is still airlock activity and small bubbles fizzing up the sides of my carboy.
we dry-hopped it twice in the last 20 days, once when we racked, and once about 5 days ago..
the beer isn't settling and clearing, there has been no visual change in the last 20 days except the hops have mostly settled to the bottom.
the trub on the bottom is fairly thick, maybe an inch or more. i really want to get me beer off of there as soon as possible
i know i should do a hydrometer, i haven't done that lately, but it seems to me like fermentation is still taking place. i want to do as few gravity readings as possible.
is there a chance it could be done fermenting and the hops are just causing CO2 to exolve from my brew?
how can i get this beer to clear up and settle down before i bottle?
thanks for reading!