Newbrewer2
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Hi it's my 5th day my beer is fermenting and the bubbling has gone down to once ever 15 seconds is this ok for 5 days how much longer until I can bottle ?
5th day fermenting bubbling once every 15 seconds
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That's fine. What your temp, what beer is it? Most people leave for 2 weeks or more. Helps it clear.
What temperature is your fermentation? What was your OG? What yeast? These are the primary factors that effect your fermentation time, 5 days is by no means unusual. leave it until it has completely stopped bubbling then take a few gravity readings a day apart to make sure it is stable with constant readings before bottling.
Newbrewer2
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I don't have a thermometer to check temperature it is a youngs lager I believe they use ale yeast
It's fine, sound about right.
As others have said leave it two weeks or more, even though it may have finished earlier. It will allow the yeast to clean up and help it to clear of yeast. If you have a cold place in which to put your FV at the end for about three days so much the better.
Above all be patient. :thumb:
I have just put one of my FVs at the cold end of my garage, current temp about 6*C,which is 11 days on from when I started it, and 7 days on from when the fermentation had all but finished. It will have another 4 days in the cold and then I will put it into my PB, 15 days in all.
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Don't bottle until fermentation has clearly finished, otherwsie you could end up with bottle bombs.
If you don't have a hydrometer, then keep your eye on the airlock, when both sides of the airlock are level it's a half decent indication that promary fermentation has about finished.
If the vessel side is lower than the air side, then it's probably still fermenting.
Generally 10 - 14 days would be about right, but this all depends on the temperature.
If you don't have a hydrometer, then keep your eye on the airlock, when both sides of the airlock are level it's a half decent indication that promary fermentation has about finished.
If the vessel side is lower than the air side, then it's probably still fermenting.
Generally 10 - 14 days would be about right, but this all depends on the temperature.
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+1 14 days min (21 days for stronger beers 7%+) for me then a single FG check just in case, but all mine have been ok to bottle by then
You can get stick on ones which are next to nothing.
In addition to a liquid in glass thermometer I have one of these. It's good enough. The measured difference between the two is negligible.
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& + 1 for putting in a cold environment at the end, helps it clear, just don't freeze like I did with my last brew in my new fridge
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& + 1 for putting in a cold environment at the end, helps it clear, just don't freeze like I did with my last brew in my new fridge
How cold? How long?
I've just barrelled/bottled my 1st ever attempt at brewing. An American IPA, and I had that fermenting for a full 2 weeks, even though it appeared that most of the process had completed after around 10 days, which was when I added the dry hops with gravity at 1.004. Four days further on the gravity reading was the same, so I bottled 10 pints, and the rest went in the pressure barrel. Had a taste of the sample and got to say it was really good....can't wait to be knocking a few back at the end of Feb or early March.
In the meantime I will get another brew on in the new year. I fancy doing a stout so that I've got a bit of variety...any recommendations on stout kits? I quite like the look of Milestones 'Black pearl'...has anyone done that one?
With regard to moving the FV to a cool place for the last few days of fermentation...I haven't done this, as I thought that was done AFTER the secondary fermentation...am I wrong? I've got my bottles and the PB in the same environment as the initial FV, and will leave them there for a couple of weeks before transferring to the garage to chill/clear.
In the meantime I will get another brew on in the new year. I fancy doing a stout so that I've got a bit of variety...any recommendations on stout kits? I quite like the look of Milestones 'Black pearl'...has anyone done that one?
With regard to moving the FV to a cool place for the last few days of fermentation...I haven't done this, as I thought that was done AFTER the secondary fermentation...am I wrong? I've got my bottles and the PB in the same environment as the initial FV, and will leave them there for a couple of weeks before transferring to the garage to chill/clear.
Coopers Original or Irish Stout kits almost always get good reviews on this forum. Look up the kit reviews to check what folks have said
Razor
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The muntons 1 can 40 pint kit is good with 1kg of dark or extra dark spray malt.
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Don't get confused with secondary fermentation In the fv with carbonation & conditioning in the bottle they are not the same thing. Some brewers chill in the fv prior to bottling to settle out the majority of the yeast in suspension. You are right an additional fermentation happens in the bottle & chilling will help clear further.
Coopers stout with 1.5kg of extra dark spraymalt. ..
