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So... I recently made 10 gallons of a stout, and I put it into two carboys on January 16th. After about 7 days, I secondaried both of them. One of them appeared ready to bottle a week or so ago, but the other one is still bubbling. Theres only a couple square inches of surface area, but...

Whats the toaster oven for?

I was just using the ol' rule of thumb that if the bubbles dissapear off the surface then its time to transfer to the secondary, but that definitely doesnt work if its just too cold! Ive had a portable heater blowing on it and its bubbling again, should fix it. Thanks guys :mug:

Soo... Ive been brewing for a couple years and just recently decided to do secondary fermentations. The first batch I did ended up carbonating in the bottles VERY slowly. I thought maybe I left it in the primary too long and that I didnt get enough yeast into the secondary and the bottles...