how long should i wait...really?

[robsan77]

regarding my pale brew that was brewed weds, 13th.

I believe fermentation is nearly up now. Tomorrow it will be 6 days.

I think 7 days and it will def be done. so.....

should I bottle and leave or...

leave for a bit then bottle?


and most importantly how long should I leave it before I can drink it?

 

[tubby_shaw]

Are you seriously telling me that you haven't tasted it yet?
Am I the only brewer on this forum that drinks the samples from the hydrometer trial jar :wha:
To answer your question slightly more seriously Leave the beer in the fermenter for at least 10 days, prime it, bottle it, leave it a week or so somewhere at fermentation temperature to allow the yeast to act on the priming sugars, then place it some where cool for 2 weeks, it will be clear after a week and start to smooth out flavour wise after 2 weeks :thumb:
Try a bottle, if it tastes good to you, drink them :thumb:
If not wait another week and try again :thumb:
Once you have built up a stock of beer there is a rule of thumb that says to give one week of conditioning for each ten points of original gravity, i.e for a beer with a starting gravity of 1.040 mature for 4 weeks, 1.060 6 weeks etc, it is just a rule of thumb though and as you brew more beer and gain experience you will begin to find maturation times that suit you :)

 

[robsan77]

tasted it and considering its immaturity I am quite impressed!

Thing is I want to bottle up so that I can get another brew on.

 

[Aleman]

Thing is I want to bottle up so that I can get another brew on.

Another fermenter then you must buy my young paduan! Develop patience must you

Seriously although these kit instructions say two to three weeks it is best practice to allow things to take longer . . . as Shaw sama says leave it in the FV for 10 days to allow the majority of the yeast to drop out of suspension, and clean up after itself . . . then bottle and give it time to condition and mature in bottle (nothing to say you can't start drinking it earlier for QC purposes :whistle: )

After all you don't want to be posting saying . . . my beer tastes yeasty . . . I can't get my beer to clear in bottle . . . my beer has lots of yeast at the bottom of the bottle . . . my beer tastes funky . . . . my beer explodes out of the bottle when I open it . . . . Etc Etc Etc

 

[evanvine]

I leave mine in the keg at least 4 weeks, but this does not stop me from (as Aleman said) QC testing.