View Full Version : When can I bottle?
hubcity
12-04-2003, 09:45 PM
I have two wort kits that have been in the secondary for 10 days, the kit says 10-15 days in the secondary but I am wanting to try some before Christmas, The beer looks quite clear and has no bubbles in it. Both kits are dark ales a cream Ale and a Honey blonde that I tinted darker with some dark black malt/crystal malt and some additional DME, This is my first try at something other than using an extract kit. The OG on the cream ale was .046 and was at .020 entering secondary, the tinted blonde was .048 and .018 entering secondary. Just a little anxious!!
Jughead
12-05-2003, 12:20 AM
Feel free to take another hydrometer reading. The thing you want to avoid is a stuck fermentation at around .020. This could lead to bottle bombs. If you are down around .012 then bottle away (depends on the yeast and the wort kit).
i guess i would say as long as the yeast obtained optimum attenuation, bottle away! what that means if if the yeast is rated for, say, 75% attenuation and the difference between OG and TG is 75%, you are good to go!
hubcity
12-06-2003, 09:41 AM
Thanks, it looks like I can bottle the cream ale tommorrow. I used this calculator, seems to work. Anybody use this method?
http://leebrewery.com/beermath.htm
GunNut76
12-06-2003, 10:15 AM
I've used that before, but I prefer THIS (http://hbd.org/recipator/) ...but that's just me.
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