Quick sanity check on one of my current brews. I brewed an Belgian Strong Golden ale (NB extract kit) on the 2nd of April. Brew itself went fine, pitched a healthy/active 1/2 gallon starter into an SG of ~1.080. It got a nice 1" healthy krausen overnight and fermented quite nicely for about twelve days while I was in Germany. I came home and the krausen had fallen and the hydro showed 1.016, so I racked it to secondary along with my honey-amber that was started a few days before the Belgian.
Now its the 8th of May and the Amber is still and clear as can be, ready to bottle. The Belgian is still cloudy, and bubblin at 5~6 per minute with a tiny ring of CO2 in the neck of the carboy. I checked gravity and its 1.014 (and tasting delicious) but still tiny bubbles rising to the top. I have picked up the carboy and swirled it around a few times to no avail....still bubbles. Is this thing ever gonna stop bubbling and finish? I am in no hurry to bottle, I planned on a fe wmonths of bulk aging in the carboy anyway. I am just wondering if this is normal, or I have some sort of freak Belgian going on.
-Todd
Now its the 8th of May and the Amber is still and clear as can be, ready to bottle. The Belgian is still cloudy, and bubblin at 5~6 per minute with a tiny ring of CO2 in the neck of the carboy. I checked gravity and its 1.014 (and tasting delicious) but still tiny bubbles rising to the top. I have picked up the carboy and swirled it around a few times to no avail....still bubbles. Is this thing ever gonna stop bubbling and finish? I am in no hurry to bottle, I planned on a fe wmonths of bulk aging in the carboy anyway. I am just wondering if this is normal, or I have some sort of freak Belgian going on.
-Todd