jamesnsw
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I brewed a Belgian Wit last Saturday (1.048 original gravity), and pitched WLP400. It bubbled along nicely, and then it kind of stopped bubbling. The beer cleared out pretty well, which I took as a sign of being close to ready. Thinking maybe I'd bottle of move to secondary soon, depending on my mood, I took a sample.
I of course overfilled my test tube, so I drank a sip out of it to get it down where it wouldn't overflow when I added the hydrometer. GAH! Yuck... it was awful. Really really terrible. My first thought was infection, but then I measured the SG. 1.030. That's 30% attenuation, slightly low. Looks like I have some time to go.
I read the White Labs site, and it looks like it's a long fermenter, and needs some good swirling action. So I'll go do that...
Not really a question here, but more a warning that wow... half fermented beer is awful.
I of course overfilled my test tube, so I drank a sip out of it to get it down where it wouldn't overflow when I added the hydrometer. GAH! Yuck... it was awful. Really really terrible. My first thought was infection, but then I measured the SG. 1.030. That's 30% attenuation, slightly low. Looks like I have some time to go.
I read the White Labs site, and it looks like it's a long fermenter, and needs some good swirling action. So I'll go do that...
Not really a question here, but more a warning that wow... half fermented beer is awful.