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Second Fermintation Question

Postby Cheffriz » Tue Jan 26, 2010 9:51 pm

Still working on my first batch, I am not expecting it to be the best thing in the world but hoping for something drinkable

I was getting more than 2 minutes between bubbles in the airlock with the beer in the fermintation vessel. However after siphoning the beer to a carboy, the bubbles have increased to about every 50 seconds. Is this a common occurances after racking
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Re: Second Fermintation Question

Postby miguelito » Wed Jan 27, 2010 12:38 am

This is not abnormal. You most likely put some of your yeast back into suspension when you racked to the secondary. Working yeast is a good thing. Sometimes when you have a yeast stall on you, swirling you carboy helps to get it moving again.

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Re: Second Fermintation Question

Postby Cheffriz » Wed Jan 27, 2010 1:33 am

This batch is "True Brew" All Malt Brown Ale

My next batch is probably going to be Black Lager

My favorite beer is Kostrisser that I first tried in Eisenach Germany
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Bottled: Nut Brown Ale, IPA, Bock, Honey Blonde Ale
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Re: Second Fermintation Question

Postby daneurysm » Fri Jan 29, 2010 10:20 pm

I agree, that's completely normal. I had a Smoked Porter ferment down quite well in primary, to the point of recommended terminal gravity. I then racked to secondary, and got another few points out of it, and a small, 3/4 to 1" kraussen on top! The airlock went nuts for another 24-36 hours before slowing down, and the finished product was great. Sometimes an active secondary can be a sign of infectious critters making their way during racking, but if it looks like a good and smells right, that's likely not the case. Especially when the bubbles are 50s apart. Don't lose any sleep over it, it'll likely be just fine.
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Re: Second Fermintation Question

Postby Joseph » Sun Feb 07, 2010 6:36 am

just a thought. Its also possible that the primary wasn't sealed as air tight as the secodary, so that while it was releasing just as much Co2 it wasn't all coming out the airlock. If you're using the plastic fermenters with the screw on lids (like I do) then this can happen sometimes if the lid isn't on quite as tight as possible - it isn't really a problem though as air won't get in a tiny hole and contaminate or oxidise the brew so long as lots of Co2 is still pushing out.

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