Saturday, January 16, 2010

Fermentation is Complete


After 7 days in the primary, the airlock bubbling slowed to about 2 bubbles per minute. That's slow enough to call it done – or at least done enough to rack to the secondary.
I racked it to the secondary yesterday afternoon and the beer looked pretty good. It did have a little bit of a banana odor when racking which worried me a little. I spoke with a friend and fellow brewer about it, and he said that it was probably from a little bit of trub carryover and that I shouldn't worry – particularly because I used Irish moss at the end of the boil. It's supposed to help tremendously with the settling/clarification process. Time will tell. I plan on bottling next weekend.


Jarrod

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