I just put my Lager into the secondary. I was a bit worried a few days into primary fermentation as I smelled an "eggy" odor coming from the bucket. I was VERY happy to pop the top today and smell BEER!
I transferred it to the secondary bucket today and it went great. I just have a few questions.
1. Its a lager and it was still the dark brown like the wort, looked kind of like bass ale. Is this normal at this stage?
2. I tasted a sample and it smelled like beer and alcohol (as it should?). The only odd thing I noticed was a drying sensation on my tongue. I think maybe it is the hops, but am pretty new to the taste test thing
3. The layer of trub on the bottom looked almost like scrambled eggs. I that a normal appearance for the bottom fermenting yeast?
Thanks for any help! Two weeks in the secondary then bottle. Cant WAIT!
I transferred it to the secondary bucket today and it went great. I just have a few questions.
1. Its a lager and it was still the dark brown like the wort, looked kind of like bass ale. Is this normal at this stage?
2. I tasted a sample and it smelled like beer and alcohol (as it should?). The only odd thing I noticed was a drying sensation on my tongue. I think maybe it is the hops, but am pretty new to the taste test thing
3. The layer of trub on the bottom looked almost like scrambled eggs. I that a normal appearance for the bottom fermenting yeast?
Thanks for any help! Two weeks in the secondary then bottle. Cant WAIT!