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Date: 04 Oct 2006 15:55:38
From: John 'Shaggy' Kolesar
Subject: Re: Primary seems to be stretching out somewhat
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On 3 2006 16:55:18 -0700, <ged.clink@hudson.com > wrote:
> Currently brewing a Stella Clone.
>
> It is a ' deluxe' kit I bought a little time ago. Basically it was a
> standard kit with the additiona of 1kg of malt and 500g of a brew
> additive. The yeast is saflager 23 and it's been fermenting coming up
> for 4 weeks - at or around the suggested 13 degrees c. The airlock
> probably bubbles every 45 secs to 1 minute.
>
> I've twice checked SG and it appears to have settled out ( admittedly a
> little higher than what I would suspect but apparently normal for this
> kit) BUT
>
> 1) It's still bubbling and I don't want to bottle if it's still
> basically in primary?
Bubbles don't really mean anything. If the SG is remaining steady at
it is reasonable for a FG, then the fermentation is most likely done. Any
slight bubbing you're seeing is probably related to something other
than fermentation activity (residual CO2, temp changes, phase of the moon)
What was the OG and what is the current SG? How long has the SG been
the same?
> 2) It's still very very cloudy. I thought it would have settled out by
> now?
That may be characteristic of the yeast, but I don't know a lot about S23.
John.
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