American Amber Ale-Redux: Racked beer into Secondary – June 8, 2006
Gravity Reading: 1.015-1.016
The Amber Ale was racked beer into glass carboy with a final gravity reading of about 1.015 or 1.016. The second package of yeast did not make a difference in the final gravity reading; it will not try this again.
There was still some visible yeast activity in the beer, large yeast clumps were still moving about. This activity did not, however, produce enough gases to causing bubbling of the airlock.
During this time, I also added 1 oz of cascade pellet hops directly into the secondary fermenter—no bag. I hope that the hops will not prove to be a problem when it is time to bottle.
The beer had a nice floral, citrusy, hoppy aroma. The color was darker than I remember it being the last time. It also appeared that there was more trub/yeast sediment on the bottom of the fermenter than last time. I saved one bottle of the remains; I simply rinsed the bottle in bleach water to sanitize; this may not be enough to preserve a “clean” yeast strain.
Homebrewing is messy!
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