ericwatkins_utk
Well-Known Member
First of all, I would like to start out by thanking everyone on this homebrew community. I started brewing last summer and this place has been a wealth of knowledge for me.
On 2/21, I brewed a batch of Midwest Gran Cru (Extract) - a Blue Moon-esque Belgian. After some confusion between the ingredient list vs what was included, I opted to put in the entire 2lbs of honey the kit arrived with instead of the 1 lb that brew sheet hinted towards.
After cooling, I too a SG reading and it was off the charts - 1.075 ish. I decided I would add some extra water and bring the volume up to about 6 gallons, but this only got me down to about 1.065, so I put in my starter batch of Activator Belgian Wit yeast and stored it away.
2 days later it was happily bubbling along at about 61 F. I ended up with a hughe frementation, blow off, and a carboy so caked that I couldn't even see the beer. Much to my surprise, it bubbled for about 2 weeks continuous before slowing down, but the krausen never really fell. I decided then to take another reading and move it to a 2nd carboy. When I took the reading, it had only fell to about 1.040 and the fermentation seemed to be stuck. So, I transfered, repitched with some Notty I had stuck back and stored it away again.
2 days later, the krausen rose again and it continued to ferment another 2 weeks continuous before slowing down. Again, the krausen never really fell. I took another reading - 1.017. I figured this was going to be about as close to target as I would get so I racked to a 3rd carboy for some conditioning.
Much to my surprise, I went down there yesterday to peek at it, and krausen has risen again and it is bubbling again. 5 weeks, nearly continuous.
What's going on? What should I do?
Eric.
On 2/21, I brewed a batch of Midwest Gran Cru (Extract) - a Blue Moon-esque Belgian. After some confusion between the ingredient list vs what was included, I opted to put in the entire 2lbs of honey the kit arrived with instead of the 1 lb that brew sheet hinted towards.
After cooling, I too a SG reading and it was off the charts - 1.075 ish. I decided I would add some extra water and bring the volume up to about 6 gallons, but this only got me down to about 1.065, so I put in my starter batch of Activator Belgian Wit yeast and stored it away.
2 days later it was happily bubbling along at about 61 F. I ended up with a hughe frementation, blow off, and a carboy so caked that I couldn't even see the beer. Much to my surprise, it bubbled for about 2 weeks continuous before slowing down, but the krausen never really fell. I decided then to take another reading and move it to a 2nd carboy. When I took the reading, it had only fell to about 1.040 and the fermentation seemed to be stuck. So, I transfered, repitched with some Notty I had stuck back and stored it away again.
2 days later, the krausen rose again and it continued to ferment another 2 weeks continuous before slowing down. Again, the krausen never really fell. I took another reading - 1.017. I figured this was going to be about as close to target as I would get so I racked to a 3rd carboy for some conditioning.
Much to my surprise, I went down there yesterday to peek at it, and krausen has risen again and it is bubbling again. 5 weeks, nearly continuous.
What's going on? What should I do?
Eric.
