I brewed a 10 gallon batch of an Old Ale around September 10th last year (2012) and it appears to still be fermenting and I wanted to ask for opinions on what is going. If it's not fermenting then there's something occuring because there are visible signs of activity... the airlock is bubbling maybe once a minute and there's a noticeable ring of bubbles at the top of the carboy.
Issues to acknowledge:
- I only pitched 2 vials of White Labs Edinburgh Scottish Ale yeast (WLP028) for 10 gallons. I know, i know... i thought i ordered 4 but there's was only 2 in the bag when I looked on brew day.
- OG was 1.085
- In early November (per recommendation of my LBS) I added 2 packs of US-05. Activity picked up for about a day then went right back to the slow bubble.
- 5 gallons of this batch was kegged December 1st. It's not noticeably sweet.
- I know I need to check the gravity and see if it's stable but my worry is that when I bottle, if this bubbling continues, then I could possibly be making bottle bombs.
Thoughts???
Issues to acknowledge:
- I only pitched 2 vials of White Labs Edinburgh Scottish Ale yeast (WLP028) for 10 gallons. I know, i know... i thought i ordered 4 but there's was only 2 in the bag when I looked on brew day.
- OG was 1.085
- In early November (per recommendation of my LBS) I added 2 packs of US-05. Activity picked up for about a day then went right back to the slow bubble.
- 5 gallons of this batch was kegged December 1st. It's not noticeably sweet.
- I know I need to check the gravity and see if it's stable but my worry is that when I bottle, if this bubbling continues, then I could possibly be making bottle bombs.
Thoughts???