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To bottle or not

  • 25-05-2019 09:23PM
    #1
    Coz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 287 ✭✭


    I've a kit lager in the fermenter since 16th, so 9 days but the Gravity is still bouncing around each day by a point or two.

    Instructions say to leave for a week until SG is the same two days in a row but as we're at day 9 should I bottle up now or wait till tomorrow??


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  • #2
    KAGY
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,077 ✭✭✭KAGY


    Coz wrote: »
    I've a kit lager in the fermenter since 16th, so 9 days but the Gravity is still bouncing around each day by a point or two.

    Instructions say to leave for a week until SG is the same two days in a row but as we're at day 9 should I bottle up now or wait till tomorrow??

    I generally leave mine for 14-21 days!


  • #3
    Coz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 287 ✭✭Coz


    KAGY wrote:
    I generally leave mine for 14-21 days!


    Wow really??

    I'm always afraid if I leave it too long it might go off or something.


  • #4
    Bogwoppit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,189 ✭✭✭Bogwoppit


    Leave it an absolute minimum of 2 weeks. Ignore those instructions.


  • #5
    Coz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 287 ✭✭Coz


    Bogwoppit wrote:
    Leave it an absolute minimum of 2 weeks. Ignore those instructions.


    Well I consider myself educated this morning. I really would have thought it would go off given the fermenter isn't airtight


  • #6
    BeerNut
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 12,084 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    People were making beer for centuries before the invention of lids. Plenty of commercial breweries still use open fermenters.

    My beer blog | Bluesky | My other beer blog



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