I have a beer question (Todd, I know you read this from time to time…): I made two batches of beer last Friday evening. Both have insane levels of fermentable sugars (1.08 and 1.05 specific gravity). I cooled them each to 80 degrees before filtering and pitching the yeast. The yeasts were highly active when I pitched them (smack packs from Wyeast, nicely swollen). Both are ale yeasts. The two buckets are sitting right next to each other.<\/p>\n
The imperial stout bubbled madly through the airlock from about 12 hours after pitching. The barley wine has never been observed to produce a bubble. <\/p>\n
When I visually inspect the barley wine, there is foam on the surface, and a smell of alcohol, but no matter how many times I reseal the bucket lid and reseat the airlock, it doesn’t bubble. My thought is that my lid for that bucket is getting old \/ deformed and it’s time to get a new bucket.<\/p>\n
My plan is to sterilize the hydrometer and check whether the yeast have taken any of the sugars out of solution. If fermentation is proceeding, then I’ll get a new bucket and this can be the last batch for the old one. If fermentation is *not* proceeding, then it’s off to the brewing supply store to get another pack of yeast. How’s that for a plan?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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