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Is My Beer Dead???
Question:
I am brewing my first batch and I must say that I am worried. I Boiled my brew a 10 days ago and let it sit in the primary fermenter. I racked it abou 7 days ago. after I racked it there was about an eigth of an inch of bubbles around the water line in the carboy. Now there is none and looks to be no activity what so ever. Does this mean that my brew is dead??? or is this normal??? Please respond
Response:
I am brewing my first batch and I must say that I am worried. I Boiled my brew a 10 days ago and let it sit in the primary fermenter. I racked it abou 7 days ago. after I racked it there was about an eigth of an inch of bubbles around the water line in the carboy. Now there is none and looks to be no activity what so ever. Does this mean that my brew is dead??? or is this normal??? Please respond
Hi Bill Sounds good to me. You start to see your beer clearing from the top down. As it clears it will look darker that the rest of the batch near the bottom. The bubbles have broken up and gone out of solution. You should be ready to bottle any time you want. To be sure take a hydrometer reading and record it, then take another reading a day or two later. If there is no change bottle it. Good luck it should be a fine batch of beer. Mark Hafterson Don’t let your beer be a stranger. HOMEBREW! http://www.jcave.com/~dejabru/
Response:
I am brewing my first batch and I must say that I am worried. I Boiled my brew a 10 days ago and let it sit in the primary fermenter. I racked it abou 7 days ago. after I racked it there was about an eigth of an inch of bubbles around the water line in the carboy. Now there is none and looks to be no activity what so ever. Does this mean that my brew is dead??? or is this normal??? Please respond
Sounds perfectly normal to me. After about 4-7 days, fermentation usually slows to a crawl. After about 10-14days in the carboy, I usually bottle or keg it. It’s done. If this still doesn’t make you feel better, take a hydrometer reading and see if your S.G. has dropped. Take it over a couple of days. if you get no change and your S.G. is at a level consistent with the style, you’re ready to bottle. If it’s any kind of ale at normal ale temps (above 65F) then 2 weeks is plenty to ensure complete fermentation. Paul Paul