Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Ticking along nicely

The fermentation for 4BC Altbier seems to be proceeding nicely. It took about 24 hours for it to kick off and it didn't get as frantic as I've sometimes seen fermentations, but the airlock has been bubbling away steadily. When I checked it this morning it appeared to be slowing down a bit so it looks like primary fermantation could be ramping down.

My plan is to check the gravity over the weekend to see if primary has indeed finished, then rack the beer to a clean fermenter for cold conditioning. In keeping with the style I plan to give it 4 weeks at close to freezing temperatures. Hopefully the wait will be worthwhile.

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