A Bit Of Advice On Bottling After Cc'ing

[Rob S]

Also you want to make sure your yeast hasn't stalled

patience my friend, they will eat the cow, but it will take time

Yeast doesn't work to a calendar schedule. Look up stalled yeast, think about yeast that has finished fermenting (slowly as lager yeasts do) but not finished cleaning up byproducts. Use you hydrometer, for every beer, every time. 4/4/4 means nothing 100% of the time. Hydro reading does (unless hydrometer is befucked)

Measure FG. It isn't hard and it can be informative.

Righto that all makes sense. I was thinking it was just for measuring when the yeast stops and alcohol content. Love the cow analogy. I'm generally an impatient MF most of the times....

 

[Nick JD]

If you follow 4,4,4 for lager why bother.

Waiting 3 months for a beer to be ready? Screw that!

While I enjoy quality beer, I'd rather free up my fermenting fridge if the yeast have done their job.