I am working on an Old Ale and racked to my secondary after primary fermentation had died down. I (not very brightly?) decided, while putting it into the secondary, to rack it onto a syrup of brown sugar to play with the flavor.
This, of course, set off another round of fermentation that has been slowly but surely keeping up for the past three weeks.
I've got a pretty good secondary cake now, and I'm wondering if it's alright to leave the ale sitting on top of it for this long. I'm fermenting at about 70 degrees (I know this is a bit warm, but it's the best I can do). Would you rack it again? Just leave it and hope autolysis isn't much of a factor?
Thanks for your help!
Doug
This, of course, set off another round of fermentation that has been slowly but surely keeping up for the past three weeks.
I've got a pretty good secondary cake now, and I'm wondering if it's alright to leave the ale sitting on top of it for this long. I'm fermenting at about 70 degrees (I know this is a bit warm, but it's the best I can do). Would you rack it again? Just leave it and hope autolysis isn't much of a factor?
Thanks for your help!
Doug