beerfiend
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Greetings from New Zealand.
I started my first ever batch of homebrew about a month ago, and am now fermenting my second batch.
The first lot was a kit using liquid extract, and I just followed the manufacturer's instructions to the letter - I used dextrose brewing sugar. Fermentation was all done in about 4 days, so in my impatience I bottled it, and now I have strange tasting beer (supposed to be a Scottish Heavy Ale), that does have good carbonation! It seems to be improving every week I try one though!
My second lot is a Yorkshire bitter, and this time I replaced the brewing sugar with an adjunct from my local HBS. - called brew enhancer for English Bitter, and it's a mixture of malt, dextrose & hops. I also used Safale US05 yeast. The main gist of the post is that this batch has been fermenting for over 11 days now..... I'm still getting bubbles through the airlock every minute or so.
Has something gone wrong? Is there a reason for the longer ferment? (temperatures have been similar). Any ideas from wealt of expertise out there?
cheers!
SteveM
I started my first ever batch of homebrew about a month ago, and am now fermenting my second batch.
The first lot was a kit using liquid extract, and I just followed the manufacturer's instructions to the letter - I used dextrose brewing sugar. Fermentation was all done in about 4 days, so in my impatience I bottled it, and now I have strange tasting beer (supposed to be a Scottish Heavy Ale), that does have good carbonation! It seems to be improving every week I try one though!
My second lot is a Yorkshire bitter, and this time I replaced the brewing sugar with an adjunct from my local HBS. - called brew enhancer for English Bitter, and it's a mixture of malt, dextrose & hops. I also used Safale US05 yeast. The main gist of the post is that this batch has been fermenting for over 11 days now..... I'm still getting bubbles through the airlock every minute or so.
Has something gone wrong? Is there a reason for the longer ferment? (temperatures have been similar). Any ideas from wealt of expertise out there?
cheers!
SteveM