Re: Maple Beer Continued....

Did you draw the must from the top of your pail or poured it from the bottom
spigot?
I had a braggot go strange and then bad, and the sediment at the bottom was so
thick that it came out the spigot when I tried to draw some must to check the
gravity. It was so viscous I could not possibly have used that mess for testing.

Louise the ferretlady

jones wrote:

> it appears to be thicker if that is possible
>
> " DragonTail281" <" DragonTail281"@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OGe2f.97355$32.65287@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Is it thicker or thinner than the syrup by itself was originally?
> >
> > Michael Herrenbruck
> > DragonTail Ale
> > Drunken Bee Mead
> >
> >
> > jones wrote:
> >> It appears to be a uniform mixture. I was quite suprised to see how thick
> >> it was,
> >> and there doesn't appear to be layers. I hope it thins out during
> >> secondary fermentation.
> >> How long can I leave it on the secondary? (I've never had to use a
> >> secondary before)
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >> Dan
> >>
> >>
> >> " DragonTail281" <" DragonTail281"@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> >>
> >>>How much did you mix the original mixture?
> >>>That's more water than I use in my meads, with the same amt of honey as
> >>>you used syrup, and I have never had any get thick.
> >>>Sounds to me like you didn't mix well enough.
> >>>Should be a uniform mixture.
> >>>Were there two noticeable "layers" before you racked? (ie. 1 thick and 1
> >>>thin)
> >>>By racking, you may have mixed it up a little better.
> >>>The fermenting process should thin it out.
> >>>
> >>>Michael Herrenbruck
> >>>DragonTail Ale
> >>>Drunken Bee Mead
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>jones wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>recipe is basically one gallon of maple syrup plus 5 1/2 gallons of
> >>>>water. Used a European ale yeast. has been bubbling at a rate of 1
> >>>>bubble per 15 to 20 seconds for over a month, just slowed in the last
> >>>>couple of days to about 1 bubble every 2 minutes.
> >>>>
> >>>>now that i've racked it to a secondary , the bubbling has sped up again,
> >>>>but my understanding is that is normal
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>"*** Adams" <rdadams@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >>>>news:11kinjp9de2ed40@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>>O.k. my maple beer finally slowed down to about a bubble every
> >>>>>>two minutes, so I figured better check the hydrometer and rack
> >>>>>>it to a secondary.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Well, to my suprise the maple beer has a very thick gooey
> >>>>>>consistency making it difficult to measure and very slow to rack
> >>>>>>so I've decided I'm going to let it go longer in the secondary
> >>>>>>before I do anything more with it.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Questions:: Is this thick gooey consistency normal, and also
> >>>>>>hopefully this is not what the end result will be?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>I go through at least 15 gallons of Maple Syrup a year and have
> >>>>>never experienced the result you are describing. Something went
> >>>>>wrong. What was your O.G.? Let's see your recipe again.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>***
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>

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