Friday, October 30, 2009

Recipe #1 - Day by Day - Updated!

Day 0 (approx 10 minutes in carboy)
Recipe #1, Day 0
Large amount of sediment at the bottom of the carboy. Quarter inch of foam on top of fermenting beer.

Day 1 (approx 21 hours in carboy)
Recipe #1, Day 1
Three inches of sediment at bottom of carboy, actively 'moving'. After waking up to no foam at all, foam has exploded to approximately four inches on top. Bubbling C02 can be seen in the fermentation lock. Noticeable 'hop' smell permeating. Smells like an IPA.

Day 2 (approx 45 hours in carboy)
Recipe #1, Day 2
Foam has dissipated a bit, but not before carrying sediment all the way to the top of the carboy. Airlock still very active. Major movement inside carboy.

Day 3 (approx 68 hours in carboy)
Recipe #1, Day 3
Noticeably less bubbling in the airlock. Foam has dissipated to less than an inch thick. No longer rapid movement inside the carboy. I'd say past peak fermentation, maybe?

Day 5 (approx 115 hours in carboy)
Recipe #1, Day 5
Fermentation has essentially stopped (at least in the airlock). Foam has dissipated, though you can't really see this in the picture, since there is so much sediment along the top of the carboy. We should be on tap to either rack or bottle in a couple of days time.

-Ron

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