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Right how I have had a wheat hefe in primary for 10 days and CO2 is still bubbling out of the blowoff tube at a rate of once every 15 seconds. I have done a wheat ale in the past, and the fermentation was over in 4-5 days. I planned on keeping this hefe in primary for 14 days anyways, but perhaps it should stay in longer? It is going to secondary soon so I can add in raspberries.
Here is my recipe, but in summary it was 5 lbs wheat DME, 1 lb light DME, WLP 320 (no starter), and 10 oz crystal. I boiled 3 gallons and strained it into my 6.5 gallon glass carboy, then added 2.25 gallons of cold spring water, then shook it vigorously. SG was at 1.043 (temp corrected) right before pitching.
My setup is using a 1.25 inch blowoff tube into a bucket with water and a capful of bleach. The carboy has had about 1.5-2 inches of krausen (still!) since 24 hours after pitching. The fermentation was never vigorous and there is plenty of head space. Technically I never needed the blowoff tube.
I have not yet taken a sample with my wine thief. Would this be a good idea since I was going to put an airlock on tonight anyways?
Here is my recipe, but in summary it was 5 lbs wheat DME, 1 lb light DME, WLP 320 (no starter), and 10 oz crystal. I boiled 3 gallons and strained it into my 6.5 gallon glass carboy, then added 2.25 gallons of cold spring water, then shook it vigorously. SG was at 1.043 (temp corrected) right before pitching.
My setup is using a 1.25 inch blowoff tube into a bucket with water and a capful of bleach. The carboy has had about 1.5-2 inches of krausen (still!) since 24 hours after pitching. The fermentation was never vigorous and there is plenty of head space. Technically I never needed the blowoff tube.
I have not yet taken a sample with my wine thief. Would this be a good idea since I was going to put an airlock on tonight anyways?