Ridemywideglide
Well-Known Member
My first time out, irish stout kit. I'm thinking that I did not get it aerated good, and it kind of appears that it stalled.
After 2nd day in fermenter all was looking good. Went in last Sunday. By today it had all but stopped bubbling so I racked to secondary, drew a small sample to taste. Tastes green, but smells excellent. has a bite and quite a bad after-taste. I'm hoping this is just young beer. When I opened it you could see the krausen <sp> had reached about 3-4 inches above the beer.
Checked the gravity, started at about 58, now its only down to about 29. "Instructions" say it should finish 17-20.....??
Also, after snapping the lid back on the secondary, it began to bubble some more, about once every 10 seconds and has done that all day.
I'm working out of town next week so it will sit in sec. all week and hopefully work itself out.
If it was under-aerated is there anything I can do now? I don't think it'll be ruined, but it's not seeming real drinkable ATM.
Thanks
After 2nd day in fermenter all was looking good. Went in last Sunday. By today it had all but stopped bubbling so I racked to secondary, drew a small sample to taste. Tastes green, but smells excellent. has a bite and quite a bad after-taste. I'm hoping this is just young beer. When I opened it you could see the krausen <sp> had reached about 3-4 inches above the beer.
Checked the gravity, started at about 58, now its only down to about 29. "Instructions" say it should finish 17-20.....??
Also, after snapping the lid back on the secondary, it began to bubble some more, about once every 10 seconds and has done that all day.
I'm working out of town next week so it will sit in sec. all week and hopefully work itself out.
If it was under-aerated is there anything I can do now? I don't think it'll be ruined, but it's not seeming real drinkable ATM.
Thanks