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I brewed a midwest pumpkin ale 5.5 gal with a few tweaks like twice as much brown sugar 1lb... and 45oz of pumpkin that I baked with extra spices etc...and added at flameout..
The beer was brewed on August 10th and a SG of 1.046 was recorded (high side of the advertised range per midwest..
I did use 2 packs instead of one of the safale us05 and rehydrate before pitching..
I was a bit concerned because of no real activities in the bubbler wryly on but opened the bucket after a few days and saw a nice head of foam.
I closed back up, but the past week still nothing on the bubbler....(my fuggles ipa I brewed a month ago is still bubbling occasionally right next to it)....
Temp is constant 70 degrees and dark room..
This evening I cracked open the bucket and no more foamy head, so I took a siphon and it read 1.006 ...this is below the range of 1.010 to 1.012, but can be explained by extra yeast and double sugars and extra pumpkin.
I tasted it and tasted good...
I'm just scratching my head about it reaching final gravity so fast and with little activity....
Advice is appreciated....
I'm also wondering about racking to secondary to mellow and age or just bottle and let bottle condition to reach a good flavor in a few weeks...
The beer was brewed on August 10th and a SG of 1.046 was recorded (high side of the advertised range per midwest..
I did use 2 packs instead of one of the safale us05 and rehydrate before pitching..
I was a bit concerned because of no real activities in the bubbler wryly on but opened the bucket after a few days and saw a nice head of foam.
I closed back up, but the past week still nothing on the bubbler....(my fuggles ipa I brewed a month ago is still bubbling occasionally right next to it)....
Temp is constant 70 degrees and dark room..
This evening I cracked open the bucket and no more foamy head, so I took a siphon and it read 1.006 ...this is below the range of 1.010 to 1.012, but can be explained by extra yeast and double sugars and extra pumpkin.
I tasted it and tasted good...
I'm just scratching my head about it reaching final gravity so fast and with little activity....
Advice is appreciated....
I'm also wondering about racking to secondary to mellow and age or just bottle and let bottle condition to reach a good flavor in a few weeks...