Recent content by MichaelW

Thanks, just bottled it today. All the bubbles settled off a few days ago. Tasted it and it was the spicy pumpkin ale I was hoping for. There was a bit of alcohol burn, probably due to my fermentation temps being too high (about 76/78 air temp, primary in a swamp cooler). It's the next thing...

Thanks! I was hoping that the yeast were doing a little more work, but wanted to make sure I asked before I bottle it and have exploding bottles all over my pantry!

Working on my second ever batch, I ran into this after moving it to my secondary. They are bubbles that are collecting together and go around the carboy in a ring. After my first batch I noticed the yeast settled in a circle at the bottom, so I'm wondering if it's just yeast that have settled...