kyle6286
Well-Known Member
I bottled my first Belgian witbier about two weeks and a couple days into fermentation after reading that a lot of people believe wheat beers ferment rather quickly. Just checked downstairs and I saw a piece of glass and thought, "uh oh". I then noticed shrapnel everywhere, ranging from small pieces of glass to big pieces. Luckily, only one bottle managed to break, somehow. I checked my hydrometer two days in a row and got consistent readings, and I also read numerous times most people bottle wheat beers after two weeks of primary fermentation. This lead me to believe I was in the clear. I did the usual priming process, and poured it into my bottling bucket before racking my beer on top of it, so it should have distributed evenly. Just not sure what else could have caused the explosion. To be safe, no matter what style beer I make from now on, I will not check a hydrometer reading until AT LEAST 3 weeks, which is my normal practice. Patience is a virtue.