I brewed a wheat extract beer from MidWest. I brewed three weeks ago. I also added 1.5oz of orange zest to the boil with the aroma hops for the last 2 minutes. I fermented for 2 weeks and racked into a glass secondary with another ounce of orange zest and 2 whole vanilla beans that I opened and chopped (both the zest and vanilla beans were soaked in a little vodka for about 2 days before going into secondary. I had it in secondary for about a week.
I want to bottle today. I tasted it first and couldn't tell what to make of it. I took from the very top with a baster but I don't know what the whole beer would taste like. It has a little bitter flavor but I do sense some vanilla and orange. I have a whole lot of setiment at the bottom that i didn't want to disturb but a little moved around. I then noticed the airlock moved a little and I had some CO2 bubbling a little.
Should I rouse the secondary and see what happens? Maybe bottle tomorrow or the following day instead? I have no clue.
I want to bottle today. I tasted it first and couldn't tell what to make of it. I took from the very top with a baster but I don't know what the whole beer would taste like. It has a little bitter flavor but I do sense some vanilla and orange. I have a whole lot of setiment at the bottom that i didn't want to disturb but a little moved around. I then noticed the airlock moved a little and I had some CO2 bubbling a little.
Should I rouse the secondary and see what happens? Maybe bottle tomorrow or the following day instead? I have no clue.