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Sure, and the use of honey is known to promote a more complete fermentation, promoting a dryer tasting beer. Maybe this is why it takes longer. Honey is also harder and slower to ferment than maltose. Eric Guire – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Michael, I’ve found one recipe that always takes a long time to ferment; Try brewing with honey some time – I don’t know why but the fermentation seems to go on sometimes for 3 weeks or more. Todd A. Wetzel I am making a Coopers Bitter ale and pitched the liquid yeast over a week ago…Fermentation is still going!  I’ve never seen a beer ferment this long.  Most of my beers ferment for 3-4 days, but this one is going on 9 days, and hasn’t slowed down.  Still bubbling about 2-3 times every thirty seconds.  Anyone else ever run into this? mike Michael Krutsinger Seattle, Wa.  98103

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Michael, I’ve found one recipe that always takes a long time to ferment; Try brewing with honey some time – I don’t know why but the fermentation seems to go on sometimes for 3 weeks or more. Todd A. Wetzel – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -I am making a Coopers Bitter ale and pitched the liquid yeast over a week ago…Fermentation is still going!  I’ve never seen a beer ferment this long.  Most of my beers ferment for 3-4 days, but this one is going on 9 days, and hasn’t slowed down.  Still bubbling about 2-3 times every thirty seconds.  Anyone else ever run into this? mike Michael Krutsinger Seattle, Wa.  98103

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I am making a Coopers Bitter ale and pitched the liquid yeast over a week ago…Fermentation is still going!  I’ve never seen a beer ferment this long.  

Michael, My last batch was a Pale using Wyeast 1056 (American) and its ferment went for about 2 weeks!  O.G. was 1.044 and F.G. was a nice 1.012. Jim

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I am making a Coopers Bitter ale and pitched the liquid yeast over a week ago…Fermentation is still going!  I’ve never seen a beer ferment this long.  Most of my beers ferment for 3-4 days, but this one is going on 9 days, and hasn’t slowed down.  Still bubbling about 2-3 times every thirty seconds.  Anyone else ever run into this? mike What yeast did you pitch? I am having a similar experience right now. I pitched Wyeast London Ale III on Saturday (from a starter). It was into active fermentation by Saturday evening, blew out the top of the primary Sunday at noon and now its late Tuesday night, still pumping out a bubble every 6 seconds. I really want to drink this beer, I hope it stops someday soon.

You can speed things up by keeping the guy at 75 degrees or so. It will change the flavor to give more ‘fruity’ notes, but this is often quite tasty. Once ferm has stopped, you can facilitate clearing by slightly chilling your fermenter (wrap a wet towl around it and aim a fan at it, keep it moist). This may also ‘clean up’ the taste. Eric Guire

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I am making a Coopers Bitter ale and pitched the liquid yeast over a week ago…Fermentation is still going!  I’ve never seen a beer ferment this long.  Most of my beers ferment for 3-4 days, but this one is going on 9 days, and hasn’t slowed down.  Still bubbling about 2-3 times every thirty seconds.  Anyone else ever run into this? mike

What yeast did you pitch? I am having a similar experience right now. I pitched Wyeast London Ale III on Saturday (from a starter). It was into active fermentation by Saturday evening, blew out the top of the primary Sunday at noon and now its late Tuesday night, still pumping out a bubble every 6 seconds. I really want to drink this beer, I hope it stops someday soon.

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I am making a Coopers Bitter ale and pitched the liquid yeast over a week ago…Fermentation is still going!  I’ve never seen a beer ferment this long.  Most of my beers ferment for 3-4 days, but this one is going on 9 days, and hasn’t slowed down.  Still bubbling about 2-3 times every thirty seconds.  Anyone else ever run into this? mike Michael Krutsinger Seattle, Wa.  98103

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