Airlock started bubbling again after 11 days....infection?

Discussion in 'Homebrewing' started by ghostinthemachine, Sep 10, 2015.

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  1. ssam

    ssam Pundit (997) Dec 2, 2008 California

    Your head is in the right place but I have a minor correction:

    If it has changed, fermentation was not finished.

    It could be done in 3 days if it wasn't already done. To check though, you'd have to repeat this process from step 1.
     
    #21 ssam, Sep 10, 2015
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  2. ghostinthemachine

    ghostinthemachine Initiate (0) Aug 14, 2015 Louisiana

    The closet i was talking about stayed at around 73 degrees so i racked the beer to secondary. the OG was 1.072 and the FG that i took when transferring was 1.013. There was no krausen at the top and the beer tasted pretty damn good flat, just a bit yeasty. I racked 3.5 gallons to a carboy and 1 gallon to a jug along with a cup of cherry brandy i made. i put a 2 tblsp of the brandy in a sample i had taken for the fg and it brought out some awesome vanilla notes. i didnt do this for this batch but a guy at the brew store (i had to go due to a bung malfunction) told me to put a camden tablen in with the secondary and that it wouldnt affect the carbonation when i bottled. didnt really sound right to me.
     
    #22 ghostinthemachine, Sep 11, 2015
  3. Cadmando18

    Cadmando18 Initiate (0) Feb 14, 2015 Oregon

    I'm sure it's been said, but some times opening the ferment container can release built up Co2 and it can take a while for that Co2 to build up again, making it seem like it's stalled out and restarted. Don't worry about this, just relax and have a beer and bottle when you originally planned on it.
     
    #23 Cadmando18, Sep 11, 2015
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  4. corbmoster

    corbmoster Pundit (848) Dec 15, 2014 Texas
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    I'm not going to argue semantics. But you need to give it 2-3 days to make a comparison.
     
    #24 corbmoster, Sep 11, 2015
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  5. ghostinthemachine

    ghostinthemachine Initiate (0) Aug 14, 2015 Louisiana

    I'm going to leave it in secondary for a while. there was a little sharpness to the flavor the worried me. it's been 3 years since ive tasted green beer though so idk. it was almost a bit sour/tangy/tart.
     
    #25 ghostinthemachine, Sep 11, 2015
  6. corbmoster

    corbmoster Pundit (848) Dec 15, 2014 Texas
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    IMHO I think you have the right idea. It needs some time to sit up. Either in a secondary or an extended primary, + bottle time. just my $0.02
     
    #26 corbmoster, Sep 11, 2015
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