I left my Belgian in Primary for 1 month and then in secondary for 2.
I added the appropriate amount of sugar and let it sit for another month around 70 degrees.
I opened one up and it tasted awesome but sweet, and wasn't really carbed up at all. Very very slight carbonation but clearly...
I'm excited for the hefe as it will hopefully be my "show off" beer to friends and family. My good friends will love the others, but my parents, sisters, girls i know won't touch a belgian or ale. But everyone loves a hefe in the summer!
Yes, those kits are supposed to be self contained so they contain all the fermentables. Also, you said you added even more sugar after it was in the 1.1's. I would think you are in the 7% range.
Haven't even bottled my first brew but have 15 gallons fermenting right now.
- Belgian tripel (in secondary)
- Jamil's evil twin (end of first week in primary)
- Hefeweizen (Day 2)
The belgian is a little dark but already tastes awesome, cant imagine it in a few months.
Jamil's evil...
its a batch of jamil's even twin. Second brew.
Just had to switch to a homemade blowoff. Came home just as teh krausen was reaching the airlock. Its going strong
what did you get it out with?
Yea it was clean and sanitized, I actually think I have a better chance of introducing infections fishing it out then leaving it in there
just the tube part. It feel into the carboy when taking a hydro reading. It was cleaned and sanitized so not to worried. I thought about trying to get it out but I think it will be basically impossible. I'm just going to leave it until bottling. Thoughts?