phinnsfotos
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I've been brewing a dark ale. Coopers Dark Ale kit, 1kg light dry malt, about 300gm of speciality grains, about 20gm @ 20 minutes of hops, US-04 yeast at around 18-20 degrees
Well I got a bit busy and it ended up sitting in the primary fermenter for 5 weeks. I pored out a hydrometer reading and it was clearly fizzy, it even threw about a 1-2cm think foamy head. FG looked good (1.012) and it tasted pretty good, I could definitely feel a fizz when I tasted it.
Well I bottled it, although I had to stop filling short because of the think head (pulled 33 long necks out of a 23 litre batch). I primed with RAW sugar and scoop (used the 750ml end) which I'm a little worried about as there was obviously quite a bit of CO2 still in solution, but I figure I can burp the bottles (PET) to get it to a level I'm happy with.
Any hooo, I'm not really worried that much about it, I"m sure it will be fine. Just wondering if anyone has had a similar experience. I was just so surprised because the head was really think and creamy, really do hope the finished beer is the same.
Cheers,
Finn
Well I got a bit busy and it ended up sitting in the primary fermenter for 5 weeks. I pored out a hydrometer reading and it was clearly fizzy, it even threw about a 1-2cm think foamy head. FG looked good (1.012) and it tasted pretty good, I could definitely feel a fizz when I tasted it.
Well I bottled it, although I had to stop filling short because of the think head (pulled 33 long necks out of a 23 litre batch). I primed with RAW sugar and scoop (used the 750ml end) which I'm a little worried about as there was obviously quite a bit of CO2 still in solution, but I figure I can burp the bottles (PET) to get it to a level I'm happy with.
Any hooo, I'm not really worried that much about it, I"m sure it will be fine. Just wondering if anyone has had a similar experience. I was just so surprised because the head was really think and creamy, really do hope the finished beer is the same.
Cheers,
Finn