So I got a Christmas Ale kit (extract) from my LHBS. Pitched 11.5oz of rehydrated US05 last Sunday and set it at about 62F. It started slow, and continued slow, but it has now been 9 days and this morning it was still slowly bubbling. I increased to 68F on the fourth day. There is 1 pound of honey in there, which I am guessing has something to do with it. Is this long, slow fermentation a good thing, or a bad thing?
8 Days and still bubbling
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have you used a hydrometer? bubbles just mean gas is escaping. really tells you very little about fermentation. 62f is cool so the yeast will work a bit slower then 65-68f. most ales with US-05 yeast will be fermented out in 3-4 days and most people go 2 weeks in the fermentor before doing anything with it.
There is nothing wrong with a long fermentation, and the addition of honey will take some time for the yeast to consume. Raising the temp to 68 should speed it up a bit.
I agree with the above. You should take a gravity reading at 2 weeks, to give you a baseline to measure against. Then again every couple days afterwards to be sure when the beer is ready.
I also leave my beer in the primary FV until 3 weeks has passed, and longer if needed to clear a bit and let the yeast clean up.
I agree with the above. You should take a gravity reading at 2 weeks, to give you a baseline to measure against. Then again every couple days afterwards to be sure when the beer is ready.
I also leave my beer in the primary FV until 3 weeks has passed, and longer if needed to clear a bit and let the yeast clean up.
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