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Date: 03 Oct 2006 15:52:21
From: kkociolek@pghmail.com
Subject: Newbie Problem in Seconday?
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Hi group,
This is my first attempt so maybe I'm just panicing. After six days of
fermenting in a primary carboy, activiity subsided and I was down to my
anticipated FG. I racked to a secondary glass carboy. After about three
days in the secondary, I see little circles of bubbles anywhere from a
1/4 inch in dia to an inch floating on the top surface of the beer.
Lots of them. It just looks weird. Is this just the remnants of
fermentation still progressing at very slow pace? I hope not a sign of
an infection.
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Date: 03 Oct 2006 23:35:00
From: stephen
Subject: Re: Newbie Problem in Seconday?
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kkociolek@pghmail.com wrote:
> Hi group,
> This is my first attempt so maybe I'm just panicing. After six days of
> fermenting in a primary carboy, activiity subsided and I was down to my
> anticipated FG. I racked to a secondary glass carboy. After about three
> days in the secondary, I see little circles of bubbles anywhere from a
> 1/4 inch in dia to an inch floating on the top surface of the beer.
> Lots of them. It just looks weird. Is this just the remnants of
> fermentation still progressing at very slow pace? I hope not a sign of
> an infection.
>
It's fine. That's just yeast being yeast :D. Just because it's at its
final grav doesn't mean it will sit there still. Just wait for it to
clear and go to bottling/kegging.
Infections are generally pretty obvious: ugly stuff floating on top
(skin, oiliness etc) and some kind of smell.
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Date: 03 Oct 2006 18:07:36
From: The Artist Formerly Known as Kap'n Salty
Subject: Re: Newbie Problem in Seconday?
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kkociolek@pghmail.com wrote:
> Hi group,
> This is my first attempt so maybe I'm just panicing. After six days of
> fermenting in a primary carboy, activiity subsided and I was down to my
> anticipated FG. I racked to a secondary glass carboy. After about three
> days in the secondary, I see little circles of bubbles anywhere from a
> 1/4 inch in dia to an inch floating on the top surface of the beer.
> Lots of them. It just looks weird. Is this just the remnants of
> fermentation still progressing at very slow pace? I hope not a sign of
> an infection.
>
It's not infection -- probably some outgassing or residual fermentation.
You can taste a sample to be sure, but I wouldn't worry about it.
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Date: 04 Oct 2006 15:51:28
From: John 'Shaggy' Kolesar
Subject: Re: Newbie Problem in Seconday?
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On 3 2006 15:52:21 -0700, <kkociolek8577@wowway.com > wrote:
> Hi group,
> This is my first attempt so maybe I'm just panicing. After six days of
> fermenting in a primary carboy, activiity subsided and I was down to my
> anticipated FG. I racked to a secondary glass carboy. After about three
> days in the secondary, I see little circles of bubbles anywhere from a
> 1/4 inch in dia to an inch floating on the top surface of the beer.
> Lots of them. It just looks weird. Is this just the remnants of
> fermentation still progressing at very slow pace? I hope not a sign of
> an infection.
This is usually normal, lots of beginners ask about it. ;)
Most likely it's just some extra CO2 bubbles, maybe mixed in with a
little trub/yeast. I wouldn't worry about it. Even after fermentation
is done, there is still a little bit of CO2 that stays in the beer.
John.
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Date: 04 Oct 2006 04:05:03
From: kkociolek@pghmail.com
Subject: Re: Newbie Problem in Seconday?
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Thanks for the comments. I will stop panicing for now.
stephen wrote:
> kkociolek@pghmail.com wrote:
> > Hi group,
> > This is my first attempt so maybe I'm just panicing. After six days of
> > fermenting in a primary carboy, activiity subsided and I was down to my
> > anticipated FG. I racked to a secondary glass carboy. After about three
> > days in the secondary, I see little circles of bubbles anywhere from a
> > 1/4 inch in dia to an inch floating on the top surface of the beer.
> > Lots of them. It just looks weird. Is this just the remnants of
> > fermentation still progressing at very slow pace? I hope not a sign of
> > an infection.
> >
> It's fine. That's just yeast being yeast :D. Just because it's at its
> final grav doesn't mean it will sit there still. Just wait for it to
> clear and go to bottling/kegging.
>
> Infections are generally pretty obvious: ugly stuff floating on top
> (skin, oiliness etc) and some kind of smell.
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