Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Beer in the airlock

Here Here to the post below - - Ursa's post eloquently explains what we are all about...

Here is a quick note on a change in the Kolsch. I came home last night to the smell of bready beer and a hissing/bubbling sound! This beer is fermenting like crazy! This batches high qualiy yeast and the high quantity of fermentables is causing a yeast feed frenzy. The top 1/5 of the carboy is completely full with foam and bubbles have made there way into the airlock. No worries though, Co2 is still escaping and no oxygen is invading, so the beer is good. This morning, the bubbles subsided, but the carboy is still full of foam and letting out consistent belches of Co2. You get the sense that beer is really alive.

Another note: this wort has been covered with a blanket to keep out light that can kill our precarious yeast. The wort has changed from a dark nut brown to a light carmel color. Very interesting.

More updates coming. This batch will be bottled in approximately 12 days.

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