milkflakes
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I brewed a chocolate porter from a kit (yeast and grain bill unknown lol) on 1/14 and expected to have the batch bottle carbed by now, forgot to test OG. SG was at 1025 on 1/19 and again at 1/21 so I figured I was good to bottle it, then had some home projects going on and left it for a week.
On 2/1 I had time to bottle but noticed a couple bubbles coming up through the airlock. I know that doesn't necessarily mean anything but I am wary of anything that could make a gusher after a few ginger beers gone wrong. I checked the gravity again and it was the same. I moved it from my bedroom ~66 degrees to my living room ~74 degrees because How To Brew said this could be caused by too cold a ferment but alternately could be a bug.
There's nothing visually disturbing about the beer except that the gas seems so active. Should I just go ahead and bottle it? Test SG again? Could it be a bug? And when I bottle, what is a good way to try and prevent overcarbonating? Refrigerate after a certain amount of time?
On 2/1 I had time to bottle but noticed a couple bubbles coming up through the airlock. I know that doesn't necessarily mean anything but I am wary of anything that could make a gusher after a few ginger beers gone wrong. I checked the gravity again and it was the same. I moved it from my bedroom ~66 degrees to my living room ~74 degrees because How To Brew said this could be caused by too cold a ferment but alternately could be a bug.
There's nothing visually disturbing about the beer except that the gas seems so active. Should I just go ahead and bottle it? Test SG again? Could it be a bug? And when I bottle, what is a good way to try and prevent overcarbonating? Refrigerate after a certain amount of time?