I recently (about 4 months ago) brewed a belgian strong dark ale. My OG was 1.1 and after 4 weeks the gravity wasn't dropping at all. I bottled at 1.032 and primed the 5gallon batch with 60g of corn sugar. I am now drinking it and although the flavor and mouth feel are fantastic I loose about 30% of every Bottle during the pour - seems way over carbonated. Any ideas where I went wrong?
Over/under carbonated
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beergolf
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Sounds like you brew is overcarbed because it wasn't quite done yet. Belgian yeasts are a different animal than most yeasts. They often take off fast, but then slow way down and fool,you into thinking they are done. Then over time they slowly tick off a few more points.
4 weeks for a beer that big is really not enough time to finish it up.
What yeast did you use? what was the fermentation schedlue? Did you warm it up some at the end to finish it up?
4 weeks for a beer that big is really not enough time to finish it up.
What yeast did you use? what was the fermentation schedlue? Did you warm it up some at the end to finish it up?
