motleybrew
Well-Known Member
Today marks the second full week that my altbier has been in the primary. From the rate of attenuation (and the speed with which it was achieved), I had decided to bottle after two weeks. I popped the stopper off the lid to take a FG reading and see this:
The smell is not necessarily indicative of what I would call 'spoiled.' So I'm thinking it is just left over yeast/hops that refuse to flocc. I did use Irish moss during the boil (which I haven't done before), so I'm not sure if this is a potential result of incomplete filtration during transfer to primary. Also, I used a low flocculating yeast, Wyeast 1007, so that could be part of it, too, I hope.
Someone set my mind at ease. I will probably just go ahead and bottle today anyway; the FG has settled at 1.012 (same is the sample I pulled last week).
The smell is not necessarily indicative of what I would call 'spoiled.' So I'm thinking it is just left over yeast/hops that refuse to flocc. I did use Irish moss during the boil (which I haven't done before), so I'm not sure if this is a potential result of incomplete filtration during transfer to primary. Also, I used a low flocculating yeast, Wyeast 1007, so that could be part of it, too, I hope.
Someone set my mind at ease. I will probably just go ahead and bottle today anyway; the FG has settled at 1.012 (same is the sample I pulled last week).