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Date: 19 Sep 2006 07:26:05
From: Bryan Heit
Subject: Never Ending Ferment
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I am having an unusual problem with my current brew. My fermentation
step seems to be going real slow - but its not stuck. It's now been two
weeks since I brewed, and its still in its primary bubbling away. A
week ago I thought it was done, as the "head" on the beer was starting
to break up. But by the end of the day it had developed a new "head" -
this one creamier and very yeasty smelling.
Any way's, its still going with no sign of stopping. The yeast cake in
the bottom of the fermenter is bigger then any I had before, and is
getting bigger. I don't think it is an infection - it smells right, no
vinegar or rotten smell.
The details:
S.G. 1.038
Yeast: Wyeast 1275 (Thames Valley)
Temp: 21C (less then 1C fluctuation)
Thanx
Bryan
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Date: 19 Sep 2006 15:57:05
From: John 'Shaggy' Kolesar
Subject: Re: Never Ending Ferment
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On Tue, 19 Sep 2006 07:26:05 -0600, <bjheit@NOSPAMucalgary.ca > wrote:
> I am having an unusual problem with my current brew. My fermentation
> step seems to be going real slow - but its not stuck. It's now been two
> weeks since I brewed, and its still in its primary bubbling away. A
> week ago I thought it was done, as the "head" on the beer was starting
> to break up. But by the end of the day it had developed a new "head" -
> this one creamier and very yeasty smelling.
>
> Any way's, its still going with no sign of stopping. The yeast cake in
> the bottom of the fermenter is bigger then any I had before, and is
> getting bigger. I don't think it is an infection - it smells right, no
> vinegar or rotten smell.
>
> The details:
> S.G. 1.038
> Yeast: Wyeast 1275 (Thames Valley)
> Temp: 21C (less then 1C fluctuation)
Have you taken gravity readings recently, is the SG above the OG or a current
reading? Airlock bubbles and krausen don't necessarily mean anything.
Bubbles in the airlock can be caused by things other than fermentation. It's
curious that you're getting another krausen to form, but there's no way
to tell what is really happening without knowing the current gravity.
John.
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Date: 19 Sep 2006 12:19:37
From: Bryan Heit
Subject: Re: Never Ending Ferment
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John 'Shaggy' Kolesar wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Sep 2006 07:26:05 -0600, <bjheit@NOSPAMucalgary.ca> wrote:
>> I am having an unusual problem with my current brew. My fermentation
>> step seems to be going real slow - but its not stuck. It's now been two
>> weeks since I brewed, and its still in its primary bubbling away. A
>> week ago I thought it was done, as the "head" on the beer was starting
>> to break up. But by the end of the day it had developed a new "head" -
>> this one creamier and very yeasty smelling.
>>
>> Any way's, its still going with no sign of stopping. The yeast cake in
>> the bottom of the fermenter is bigger then any I had before, and is
>> getting bigger. I don't think it is an infection - it smells right, no
>> vinegar or rotten smell.
>>
>> The details:
>> S.G. 1.038
>> Yeast: Wyeast 1275 (Thames Valley)
>> Temp: 21C (less then 1C fluctuation)
>
> Have you taken gravity readings recently, is the SG above the OG or a current
> reading? Airlock bubbles and krausen don't necessarily mean anything.
> Bubbles in the airlock can be caused by things other than fermentation. It's
> curious that you're getting another krausen to form, but there's no way
> to tell what is really happening without knowing the current gravity.
>
>
> John.
I don't have these reading. Maybe I'll just transfer to secondary and
hope for the best. I'm using a plastic bucket for the primary, so I
don't have an airlock.
Bryan
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Date: 19 Sep 2006 11:33:17
From: dutchbrew/chicago
Subject: Re: Never Ending Ferment
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I'm currently having the same problem with my pale ale check the recent
post to my subject "all dead". John told me to check the gravity so i
siphoned a small amount into my cylinder and its at 1.028 so it has
only dropped 27 points in 9 days at 70F. I've never seen this long of
a ferment for a pale ale and i suspect sick yeast.
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