capulinflicker
Active Member
So I have a "quad" (I put it in quotations because I had a farmhouse ale in mind, but greatly overshot my OG) that's sitting in the primary fermenter that just passed two weeks and I'm wondering how I should proceed with this one. I haven't done a high abv beer before and based on a sample reading I took about a week ago, I think this beer should be somewhere around 10.5% abv. I know that the high abv lends itself to prolonged aging but I'm wondering if I should move it to bulk age in a secondary, bottle it come the weekend, or let it sit on the yeast cake in primary for a couple more weeks? Thoughts?
Also, since I only bottle, how concerned should I be about having yeast available to carb the beer? I used Wyeast 3711 and they say the tolerance is 12%.
Any advice would be appreciated!
Also, since I only bottle, how concerned should I be about having yeast available to carb the beer? I used Wyeast 3711 and they say the tolerance is 12%.
Any advice would be appreciated!