Is It Ok To Bottle Now?

[djackal]

I have a gravity reading of about 1.010 based on the refractometre reading of about 2.5.
Bubbling is very slow (1 per min) and I am keen to bottle now as very busy rest of week.
How much further could it possibly drop and is there any chance that my bottles (500ml German Wheatbeer) explode?

 

[Stuster]

What was the OG? How long's it been fermenting? What yeast did you use? Have you taken any readings before this? :unsure:

 

[djackal]

OG of 1.020
Fermented for 6 days with Dry Yeast (weistephaner? w47/70 or the like) ferment stuck so added dry envyme and another satchet of dry yeast(can't remember what...was to be for a leffe blonde style beer)
has been another 4 days.

 

[Stuster]

OG of 1.020

Really? :unsure:

That will give you a beer of 1+% alcohol. Hope the OG's higher than that?

 

[pint of lager]

Before you go any further, go read the airlocked thread about refractometers.

At the start of ferment, 1 brix = 4 sg points

Once fermentation is underway, this is no longer valid. Use correction charts or use software such as beersmith and promash. Untill you become familiar with a refractometer, do both a hydrometer reading and refractometer reading. At the end of fermentation, a brix reading of 2.5 DOES NOT CORRELATE TO HYDROMETER READING 1.010.

Airlock movement is not to be used to judge whether a beer is ready to bottle. SG must be stable for 2-3 days by either repeated refractometer readings and/or hydrometer readings, not by counting bloops per second. After all your additions, you want a stable reading over 4 days.

Double check your records for the OG.

 

[pint of lager]

Everyone is going to be busy over the next few days. Your beer should be fine for an extra week in the fermenter. No-one can say if your bottles will explode or not.