Coopers IPA ferment in 3 days?

[mak]

Hi All

3 days seems a little quick to me but it has the expected FG of 1006.

I followed the recipe of 300g dextrose and a bag of dry malt, is this why it's not taken long (because of lower amount of sugar), or should it process the malt and take as long as normal!? (I was expecting 5-7 days)

Cheers :drink:

 

[RobWalker]

Pretty normal time really but with kits they might not be mixed properly so give it some time in case :-)

 

[Fender Precision]

Hi Mak, I would leave all kits for 2 full weeks in the F.V. the 6-7 days on the instructions are optimistic and I really dont think 3 days would be enough. Just because the bubbling has stopped does not mean the yeast has finished fermenting the wort. Sometimes I find the gravity continuing to drop even though theres no signs of life in there at all and bubbling can start up again after a day or two. Also a drop in overnight temperature can slow things down a bit. If your going to force carbonate it in a corny keg youd need it to ferment out completely dry but if your bottling it, its ok to bottle if you still think its not quite finished as the yeast will condition the beer in the bottle and the gravity should continue to drop. This may take a month or 2. You may not get your F.G. down to 1006 but anything around 1010 is ok to bottle. Enjoy your IPA :