So, on the 31st of March I put down two brews:
Coopers IPA kit
1 can of goo
800gr Light DME
400gr Dex
Coopers Wheat kit:
1 can of goo
1.5kg wheat LME
To both brews, i added a pack of S-04 yeast, and it bubbled along nicely for about a week, and then started to slow down, as i would have expected. This is the first time that i've used S-04 yeast, so am not sure on it's behaviour.
It kept on slowly ticking over for another week or so, then basically stopped.
Went down this morning to check on them(they're in a shed in the paddock!) and blow me down, BOTH of the brews are now back bubbling away again!
I took a hydrometer reading about 1.5 weeks ago, and they were both down to roughly 1010-1015, so i figured they were pretty much finished, or not far from it. Decided to give them a week, then bottle. Temps have been on average mid-high teens during the day, but at night have been down to single digits.
Right now, they're bubbling away at a rate of about once every 5 seconds...
So the question is: Should i just let them keep on bubbling away, and bottle when they stop, or what?
Cheers!
Cae.
Coopers IPA kit
1 can of goo
800gr Light DME
400gr Dex
Coopers Wheat kit:
1 can of goo
1.5kg wheat LME
To both brews, i added a pack of S-04 yeast, and it bubbled along nicely for about a week, and then started to slow down, as i would have expected. This is the first time that i've used S-04 yeast, so am not sure on it's behaviour.
It kept on slowly ticking over for another week or so, then basically stopped.
Went down this morning to check on them(they're in a shed in the paddock!) and blow me down, BOTH of the brews are now back bubbling away again!
I took a hydrometer reading about 1.5 weeks ago, and they were both down to roughly 1010-1015, so i figured they were pretty much finished, or not far from it. Decided to give them a week, then bottle. Temps have been on average mid-high teens during the day, but at night have been down to single digits.
Right now, they're bubbling away at a rate of about once every 5 seconds...
So the question is: Should i just let them keep on bubbling away, and bottle when they stop, or what?
Cheers!
Cae.