Puddlethumper
Well-Known Member
I'm doing my first IPA following John Palmer's recipe for Victory & Chaos IPA. I think I've followed the recipe very closely. After one week in the primary I moved the beer to secondary and dryhopped one ounce of loose pellets. Stoppered with an airlock and back to the fermentation chamber at 65F for three weeks.
The day before yesterday I pulled the beer out of the chamber to allow it to warm to room temperature. My intention was to cold crash it today and bottle on Monday (day after tomorrow). But I have run into a couple things that have me puzzled.
The main thing is that after coming up to room temperature (78F +/-) there is some slow but steady activity in the airlock. That tells me there is still some fermentation going on and it is too early to bottle. Right? Wrong?
I have come across opinions on other threads indicating that cold crashing strips some of the flavor from the beer and is probably not a good idea for an IPA. True? Untrue?
The day before yesterday I pulled the beer out of the chamber to allow it to warm to room temperature. My intention was to cold crash it today and bottle on Monday (day after tomorrow). But I have run into a couple things that have me puzzled.
The main thing is that after coming up to room temperature (78F +/-) there is some slow but steady activity in the airlock. That tells me there is still some fermentation going on and it is too early to bottle. Right? Wrong?
I have come across opinions on other threads indicating that cold crashing strips some of the flavor from the beer and is probably not a good idea for an IPA. True? Untrue?