BoogieBrandBooze
Well-Known Member
I've had a pLambic (kriek) sitting on cherries and bugs in secondary for a little over 10 months now. I hadn't sampled it for 9 months until the other day. To me, it's tasting about as good as I expected it to. Gravity reading is 1.010.
I know that usually 6-9 months is considered about enough time but I'm a bit concerned about the gravity being only at 1.010. According the BJCP guidelines this is right at the upper end of the style. Though I'm not looking to compete with it I am just a bit concerned about possibly creating bottle bombs since it's still what one may consider not fully fermented out yet. And according to a bottle priming calculator I've used it's calling for about 7 oz of corn sugar. That's a pretty large amount. Though I understand it's because this style needs to be highly carbed, again I'm concerned about bombs especially when giving the bugs this much more food...
So the question is: Do you guys think it's "safe" to bottle?
I know that usually 6-9 months is considered about enough time but I'm a bit concerned about the gravity being only at 1.010. According the BJCP guidelines this is right at the upper end of the style. Though I'm not looking to compete with it I am just a bit concerned about possibly creating bottle bombs since it's still what one may consider not fully fermented out yet. And according to a bottle priming calculator I've used it's calling for about 7 oz of corn sugar. That's a pretty large amount. Though I understand it's because this style needs to be highly carbed, again I'm concerned about bombs especially when giving the bugs this much more food...
So the question is: Do you guys think it's "safe" to bottle?