HI all, I have a question about the fermentation of one of my beers. I brewed a pumpkin porter on 10/21/06. About ten days into the fermentation the acivity began to subside. There was enough of a sediment bed on the bottom to warrant a transfer. After transfering the beer, the fermentation began to increase again. As of today it is bubbling away like mad. I saw this as a red flag that something else may be fermenting my beer. The o.g on this beer is 1.070 (yes, a biggie). The reading I got today was 1.030.
Tyically this beer finishes at around 1.018. I tasted it and it was hard to tell if anything was wrong with it. It just tasted a little green. I let a few other people taste it, and they thought it was good as well. I still think something may be amiss, I guess I will just have to wait and see. One of my homebrew buds said that sometimes the addition of things such as pumkin can cause these delayed reactions.
Has anyone else experienced this?
here is the recipe:
24 lbs. 2 row barley malt
1.5 lbs. 2 row Munich 9.0L
1 lbs. Crystal 120 L
.025 lbs. black patent 500L
1 lbs. Chocolate 450-500L
2 oz. Fuggle hop pellet
1 wlp011 Euro Ale Yeast
1 vanilla bean
2 cinnamon sticks
1 tsp. All spice
1 tsp. nutmeg
1.5 tsp. clove
1 tsp. fresh grated ginger root.
1 white pumpkin (5-8 lbs) baked and bagged. Last 30 minutes of boil.
Tyically this beer finishes at around 1.018. I tasted it and it was hard to tell if anything was wrong with it. It just tasted a little green. I let a few other people taste it, and they thought it was good as well. I still think something may be amiss, I guess I will just have to wait and see. One of my homebrew buds said that sometimes the addition of things such as pumkin can cause these delayed reactions.
Has anyone else experienced this?
here is the recipe:
Pumpkin porter #2
10 gal
24 lbs. 2 row barley malt
1.5 lbs. 2 row Munich 9.0L
1 lbs. Crystal 120 L
.025 lbs. black patent 500L
1 lbs. Chocolate 450-500L
2 oz. Fuggle hop pellet
1 wlp011 Euro Ale Yeast
1 vanilla bean
2 cinnamon sticks
1 tsp. All spice
1 tsp. nutmeg
1.5 tsp. clove
1 tsp. fresh grated ginger root.
1 white pumpkin (5-8 lbs) baked and bagged. Last 30 minutes of boil.