Wonderwoman
Well-Known Member
ok, at the risk of getting ridiculed for wanting to bottle without being sure fermentation is finished...
I have a beer which HAS to be bottled today. It's been made for my partner's grandpa who lives in central NSW - we're in Melbourne. My partner's parents are leaving early tomorrow morning to go visit his grandpa so we need to get it bottled today so they can take it with them, otherwise our next chance to get it to him wont be till xmas. Before you suggest sending different beer, he wants this specific beer which he's tried from a previous batch. Unfortunately we only got 2 weeks notice to make the beer, so we're cutting it a bit fine to let the fermentation finish.
the recipe is:
coopers draught kit
cascade golden harvest kit
100g crystal malt
US-05 yeast
vol = 22L
OG - 1050 (16/8)
SG readings for the last few days:
26/8 1020
27/8 1017
28/8 1014
today 1014 (but only ~12 h since the last SG reading)
The previous batch was 21L, OG 1055, FG 1013 (after 13 days)
so my questions are:
1/ should the FG be higher, lower or the same than the first batch which had a smaller volume?
2/ do you think it's finished or is 12 hour between SG readings not enough?
3/ if it's not finished, it can't be far off - could I bulk prime it using less sugar to avoid bottle bombs and if so how would I calculated the amount of priming sugar to use?
edit: I bottle in glass
I have a beer which HAS to be bottled today. It's been made for my partner's grandpa who lives in central NSW - we're in Melbourne. My partner's parents are leaving early tomorrow morning to go visit his grandpa so we need to get it bottled today so they can take it with them, otherwise our next chance to get it to him wont be till xmas. Before you suggest sending different beer, he wants this specific beer which he's tried from a previous batch. Unfortunately we only got 2 weeks notice to make the beer, so we're cutting it a bit fine to let the fermentation finish.
the recipe is:
coopers draught kit
cascade golden harvest kit
100g crystal malt
US-05 yeast
vol = 22L
OG - 1050 (16/8)
SG readings for the last few days:
26/8 1020
27/8 1017
28/8 1014
today 1014 (but only ~12 h since the last SG reading)
The previous batch was 21L, OG 1055, FG 1013 (after 13 days)
so my questions are:
1/ should the FG be higher, lower or the same than the first batch which had a smaller volume?
2/ do you think it's finished or is 12 hour between SG readings not enough?
3/ if it's not finished, it can't be far off - could I bulk prime it using less sugar to avoid bottle bombs and if so how would I calculated the amount of priming sugar to use?
edit: I bottle in glass