Activity after steady hydrometer readings?

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Hi everyone. Wondering if you could give me advice.

3 weeks ago I brewed an Amarillo Saison using WLP568. Last week I checked the hydrometer reading and I hit the target gravity and it was steady for 3 days before racking it to a secondary to dry-hop. It's my first time dry-hopping and I noticed that it doesn't look like it's completed it's fermentation. I moved the fermenter onto my counter last night so it could settle from the small amount of shaking during the move before I keg it.

Today I noticed that there were still small bubbles forming and I could see CO2 bubbles(?) moving through the beer to the top. I also noticed that there are small specks of yeast moving up and down the beer so I'm wondering if it really is done or not. The top of the fermenter is a little darker than the bottom half so I think there's still some yeast in suspension which may be active. Am I safe to keg or should I leave it for another week? Maybe cold crash and then transfer?

Thanks.
 
I had the same experience. After moving my carboy(21day ferment, steady hydro readings) the airlock was going the next day. Seems it was just co2 being pushed out from moving it. Had no issues otherwise .
 
Bubbles aren't necessarily a sign of continued fermentation; most likely it would be CO2 already in suspension coming out due to new nucleation sites from adding the hops and now it's trying to escape from the somewhat pressurized carboy you opened to drop the hops in. Rousing gas in solution would also rouse up some yeast with it as well.

It'll be fine. Finish your dry hop schedule, take a final gravity reading, cold crash, rack it to your keg, and enjoy :)
 
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