I took a gravity reading on my Nut Brown Ale tonight and it was 1.018. It started at 1.060, so I think I'm ok in just leaving it for another few days to a week, then transferring to the secondary. It was still bubbling every now and then and there was also still some foam at the top. I just checked again and the activity is enough to keep it bubbling.
I tasted the sample of course and it was sweet, and my wife agreed. Too sweet for beer, but the alcohol was also there.
It was 8lbs Ultralight liquid extract, 24oz of various grains, bittering, flavor and aroma hops and WLP 002 yeast made into a 1 pint starter.
So far so good? Just let it keep going? Patience. The problem isn't that I want it to be done as much as I want to make more! My first batch ran out in 2 weeks, so I'm trying to build up an inventory.
I was hoping this would be done before my lager, but it doesn't seem like it will be. They are both at least 3 weeks away from bottling. I guess it's back to the Brooklyn Lager (to which I'm hoping my lager will be similar) and Chimay.
I tasted the sample of course and it was sweet, and my wife agreed. Too sweet for beer, but the alcohol was also there.
It was 8lbs Ultralight liquid extract, 24oz of various grains, bittering, flavor and aroma hops and WLP 002 yeast made into a 1 pint starter.
So far so good? Just let it keep going? Patience. The problem isn't that I want it to be done as much as I want to make more! My first batch ran out in 2 weeks, so I'm trying to build up an inventory.
I was hoping this would be done before my lager, but it doesn't seem like it will be. They are both at least 3 weeks away from bottling. I guess it's back to the Brooklyn Lager (to which I'm hoping my lager will be similar) and Chimay.