Hey guys,
I'm brewing a Blonde Ale from BYO magazine (Jan-Feb '08). I followed the extract plus grains directions exactly. I did not take an OG reading (was very tired and forgot). The magazine says it should be 1.049 and you should ferment with WLP001 at 67 degrees. I used that yeast and have kept the temp at a steady 66-68 degrees. It started active fermentation on Monday and is still going strong today, 2 days later. BUT...I now have beer in the airlock! The lid never popped off so it tells me that maybe the kreusen just got too high after fermenting for 2 days. The final ABV should be 5.0% but I'm wondering if it's going to be a lot higher than that. What happened? Just a strong batch of yeast? I'm off to Home Depot right now but will be back to clean the airlock and put it back in. I'm assuming I don't need to sanitize the heck out of the airlock since it doesn't get into the beer but I will take caution to clean it well. Unless you all think I should sanitize the new airlock for 1/2 hour or so in bleach/water combo.
Thanks in advance!!
evans5150
I'm brewing a Blonde Ale from BYO magazine (Jan-Feb '08). I followed the extract plus grains directions exactly. I did not take an OG reading (was very tired and forgot). The magazine says it should be 1.049 and you should ferment with WLP001 at 67 degrees. I used that yeast and have kept the temp at a steady 66-68 degrees. It started active fermentation on Monday and is still going strong today, 2 days later. BUT...I now have beer in the airlock! The lid never popped off so it tells me that maybe the kreusen just got too high after fermenting for 2 days. The final ABV should be 5.0% but I'm wondering if it's going to be a lot higher than that. What happened? Just a strong batch of yeast? I'm off to Home Depot right now but will be back to clean the airlock and put it back in. I'm assuming I don't need to sanitize the heck out of the airlock since it doesn't get into the beer but I will take caution to clean it well. Unless you all think I should sanitize the new airlock for 1/2 hour or so in bleach/water combo.
Thanks in advance!!
evans5150