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Date: 05 Jul 2006 15:00:00
From: Don Levey
Subject: Ready to bottle...?
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The Americal Pale I've got in the carboy right now seems about ready
to bottle. Last night's SG reading came out at the bottom of the range
for the recipe (1.010). Assuming that tmorrow's reading is the same,
I should be ready to bottle. But: I still see many tiny bubbles in the
beer itself. Do I need to wait until the beer is completely still,
of can I bottle with a bit of the carbonation plus the priming sugar?
--
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Framingham, MA $ more beer
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Date: 05 Jul 2006 12:50:53
From: brian@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: Ready to bottle...?
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John 'Shaggy' Kolesar wrote:
> On 05 Jul 2006 15:00:00 -0400, <Don_RCB@the-leveys.us> wrote:
> > The Americal Pale I've got in the carboy right now seems about ready
> > to bottle. Last night's SG reading came out at the bottom of the range
> > for the recipe (1.010). Assuming that tmorrow's reading is the same,
> > I should be ready to bottle. But: I still see many tiny bubbles in the
> > beer itself. Do I need to wait until the beer is completely still,
> > of can I bottle with a bit of the carbonation plus the priming sugar?
>
> Bubbles don't really mean anything. Go with the SG readings. If it still
> says 1.010 in a day or two, then go ahead and bottle.
>
> There are several things that can cause bubbles to appear which have nothing
> to do with fermentation activity.
>
>
> John.
Moving to the bottling bucket and/or transfering to bottles should
knock any excess CO2 in solution out anyway.
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Date: 05 Jul 2006 15:56:06
From: Don Levey
Subject: Re: Ready to bottle...?
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"brian@yahoo.com" <brian.sico@gmail.com > writes:
> John 'Shaggy' Kolesar wrote:
> > On 05 Jul 2006 15:00:00 -0400, <Don_RCB@the-leveys.us> wrote:
> > > The Americal Pale I've got in the carboy right now seems about ready
> > > to bottle. Last night's SG reading came out at the bottom of the range
> > > for the recipe (1.010). Assuming that tmorrow's reading is the same,
> > > I should be ready to bottle. But: I still see many tiny bubbles in the
> > > beer itself. Do I need to wait until the beer is completely still,
> > > of can I bottle with a bit of the carbonation plus the priming sugar?
> >
> > Bubbles don't really mean anything. Go with the SG readings. If it still
> > says 1.010 in a day or two, then go ahead and bottle.
> >
> > There are several things that can cause bubbles to appear which have nothing
> > to do with fermentation activity.
> >
> >
> > John.
>
> Moving to the bottling bucket and/or transfering to bottles should
> knock any excess CO2 in solution out anyway.
>
Good to know, thanks! With any luck, it'll all be in bottles tomorrow
night. Hopefully those "several things" aren't bad... It didn't smell
or taste bad, so I'm optimistic.
--
Don Levey $ cd /pub
Framingham, MA $ more beer
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Date: 05 Jul 2006 21:04:30
From: John 'Shaggy' Kolesar
Subject: Re: Ready to bottle...?
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On 05 Jul 2006 15:56:06 -0400, <Don_RCB@the-leveys.us > wrote:
> "brian@yahoo.com" <brian.sico@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> John 'Shaggy' Kolesar wrote:
>> > On 05 Jul 2006 15:00:00 -0400, <Don_RCB@the-leveys.us> wrote:
>> > > The Americal Pale I've got in the carboy right now seems about ready
>> > > to bottle. Last night's SG reading came out at the bottom of the range
>> > > for the recipe (1.010). Assuming that tmorrow's reading is the same,
>> > > I should be ready to bottle. But: I still see many tiny bubbles in the
>> > > beer itself. Do I need to wait until the beer is completely still,
>> > > of can I bottle with a bit of the carbonation plus the priming sugar?
>> >
>> > Bubbles don't really mean anything. Go with the SG readings. If it still
>> > says 1.010 in a day or two, then go ahead and bottle.
>> >
>> > There are several things that can cause bubbles to appear which have nothing
>> > to do with fermentation activity.
>> >
>> >
>> > John.
>>
>> Moving to the bottling bucket and/or transfering to bottles should
>> knock any excess CO2 in solution out anyway.
>>
> Good to know, thanks! With any luck, it'll all be in bottles tomorrow
> night. Hopefully those "several things" aren't bad... It didn't smell
> or taste bad, so I'm optimistic.
No, nothing bad. Temp changes, pressure changes, agitation, etc. Things
like that. Basically, there is always residual CO2 left in the beer
after fermentation is over. Some things can cause it to degas slowly,
which makes it appear like you still have fermentation activity, when in
reality you don't. That's why SG measurements are more accurate.
John.
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Date: 05 Jul 2006 19:26:20
From: John 'Shaggy' Kolesar
Subject: Re: Ready to bottle...?
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On 05 Jul 2006 15:00:00 -0400, <Don_RCB@the-leveys.us > wrote:
> The Americal Pale I've got in the carboy right now seems about ready
> to bottle. Last night's SG reading came out at the bottom of the range
> for the recipe (1.010). Assuming that tmorrow's reading is the same,
> I should be ready to bottle. But: I still see many tiny bubbles in the
> beer itself. Do I need to wait until the beer is completely still,
> of can I bottle with a bit of the carbonation plus the priming sugar?
Bubbles don't really mean anything. Go with the SG readings. If it still
says 1.010 in a day or two, then go ahead and bottle.
There are several things that can cause bubbles to appear which have nothing
to do with fermentation activity.
John.
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