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It could be the temp change. It could be a behavior unique to this yeast. Your best bet is to take gravity readings. That's going to take all the guess work out of it. Did you use the milk lactose stuff? Keep in mind that your final gravity will be a bit higher because of those unfermentable sugars.

The yeast release lots of Co2 during the initial stages of fermentation. The Co2 will actually grab the yeast on its way out and drag it up from the bottom and bounce it around. If you put a raisin in a glass of sprite you can see this happening, too. So all that activity you see is the yeast...

It's doing exactly what it's supposed to. 1056 attenuated really well and will do its best to gobble up all remaining sugars. I've done some really strong brews with it and had crap flying out of the airlock for days. Let it do its thing and take a hydrometer reading in a week to see where...

I've always lagered my stronger Belgian beers. It helps to smooth out the flavors associated with the higher fermentation temps during primary. My beers are always brilliantly clear after this.

Thought I'd give an update. It ended up being an infection. It started growing a stringy film on top as well as around the carbonation bubbles at the top. It smelled a bit like nail polish remover and tasted quite sour. I decided to dump it instead of pioneering the sour milk stout style. Pretty...

-sigh of relief- Thanks for your help. This beer is supposed to be for my wife once our son is born. I think she's more relieved than I am.

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So I have a sweet stout that has been sitting in the secondary for about a month, patiently waiting for me to bottle it. All airlock activity stopped about three weeks ago. Then, suddenly, bubbles started appearing in the beer. There isn't really any airlock activity but there is a small ring of...

How long after brew day did you wait to try it?

Dude, I love this. I'm brewing his Old Ale when my son is born next month and not cracking it until his first birthday. I can't wait (mostly for the baby but also for the beer)!

Brewing Jamil's Scottish 80 shilling right now. The grain bill sounds pretty tasty. Anyone have any reviews for it?

I recently purchased a 4.5 cubic foot GE mini fridge on Craigslist for a screaming deal with the hopes of at least putting a corny keg in it and maybe doing a kegerator conversion when I strike it rich. My problem is that it has a tiny freezer compartment that is in the way of everything. I'm...

Found out recently that my wife and I have out first little one on the way. So excited! And word around the campfire is I'm getting a gift card to my lhbs to celebrate my first father's day (shhh... I'm not supposed to know). The question now is: what should I brew? Your suggestions???