Brand-new to home brewing, and just started up with a Brewer's Best basic kit. First batch we are attempting is the BB Scottish Ale.
We started the batch on 4-6-13. Initially we had the wort in the basement, but with the crazy weather in the Midwest, I think the initial temperature was too low. Moved the wort to a warmer location about 4 days in.
We tested the gravity on 4-17 and were right in range, in preparation to bottle on 4-20. When we tested gravity on 4-20, gravity had continued to drop, we had noticeable foam on the surface of the wort, and could see bubbling. We closed up to wait another week.
Tested again today (4-28) only to find more foam, gravity continued to drop and is now below the range specified in the kit, and can still see activity in the wort.
Our hydrometer is correctly calibrated and we have made appropriate adjustments for temperature when reading.
Our question is, did we really screw something up? Is fermenting for this long indications that we inadvertently skunked our wort? Do we wait and see, or is there something we should be doing as damage control?
Thanks for any help.
We started the batch on 4-6-13. Initially we had the wort in the basement, but with the crazy weather in the Midwest, I think the initial temperature was too low. Moved the wort to a warmer location about 4 days in.
We tested the gravity on 4-17 and were right in range, in preparation to bottle on 4-20. When we tested gravity on 4-20, gravity had continued to drop, we had noticeable foam on the surface of the wort, and could see bubbling. We closed up to wait another week.
Tested again today (4-28) only to find more foam, gravity continued to drop and is now below the range specified in the kit, and can still see activity in the wort.
Our hydrometer is correctly calibrated and we have made appropriate adjustments for temperature when reading.
Our question is, did we really screw something up? Is fermenting for this long indications that we inadvertently skunked our wort? Do we wait and see, or is there something we should be doing as damage control?
Thanks for any help.