madbird1977
Well-Known Member
This is my 2nd homebrew so I'm new to this great hobby. I brewed up a Honey Ale extract kit from my LHBS on 3/13. I just checked (3/23) the levels and its at 1.002 and I will be checking again tonight. However I tasted the ale and its pretty bitter/sour tasting....that same night I moved from Primary to 2ndary glass carboy, swirled the hell out of it and its been sitting since.
Okay so is this just young beer that needs more time? Its in my basement with limit light, only when we do laundry.... I didn't cover it...The recipe calls for fermenting it 1 week primary, 1 week 2ndary, then bottle. I keg so this weekend I'm suppose to keg...not gonna do that...
I used saniclean to do my santizing and I'm confident its note "infected/dirty"...but again, I'm a novice...
I'm thinking my options are:
1. Let it sit in the 2ndary fermenter for a few extra weeks....or until I keep getting the same gravity readings...
2. Add some more honey? Recipe had 2 lbs for the 5 gallon batch... how much or use something else?
3. add more yeast or aerate the hell out of it again?
4. Throw it out....just kidding...never waste
Thanks in advance for your assistance...brew on...
1st go around was Amber Ale
2nd is a Honey Ale
3rd is a Brown Ale
Okay so is this just young beer that needs more time? Its in my basement with limit light, only when we do laundry.... I didn't cover it...The recipe calls for fermenting it 1 week primary, 1 week 2ndary, then bottle. I keg so this weekend I'm suppose to keg...not gonna do that...
I used saniclean to do my santizing and I'm confident its note "infected/dirty"...but again, I'm a novice...
I'm thinking my options are:
1. Let it sit in the 2ndary fermenter for a few extra weeks....or until I keep getting the same gravity readings...
2. Add some more honey? Recipe had 2 lbs for the 5 gallon batch... how much or use something else?
3. add more yeast or aerate the hell out of it again?
4. Throw it out....just kidding...never waste
Thanks in advance for your assistance...brew on...
1st go around was Amber Ale
2nd is a Honey Ale
3rd is a Brown Ale