I have 2 beers in fermenters right now.
One is Blonde ale (AG) and one is pale ale (extract only).
The blonde ale had 1.052 OG and the pale ale 1.070 (why it is so high? because of the extract?)
Anyway, I was planning to ferment the blonde for 2 weeks and the pale for 1 week (I want a recipe for a very simple and easy and fast beer, not for me).
Both beers had a very nice activity in the airlock, the blonde stopped already and the pale is still a bit bubbling (today its 11 days for the blonde and pale is 5 days).
The question is the fermentation has ended? I mean by the time to bottle can I be sure that the fermentation has ended without taking gravity readings?
Because taking gravity for few days in both beers will make a mess for me and I lose beer too...
So after 2 weeks for one and 1 week for the other - can I be sure it finished without the readings?
and I also thought at the middle of the 13th day and the 6th day do a cold crush for both...just for like 10 hours I guess....is it ok?
I hope you've got me...
Happy brewing!
One is Blonde ale (AG) and one is pale ale (extract only).
The blonde ale had 1.052 OG and the pale ale 1.070 (why it is so high? because of the extract?)
Anyway, I was planning to ferment the blonde for 2 weeks and the pale for 1 week (I want a recipe for a very simple and easy and fast beer, not for me).
Both beers had a very nice activity in the airlock, the blonde stopped already and the pale is still a bit bubbling (today its 11 days for the blonde and pale is 5 days).
The question is the fermentation has ended? I mean by the time to bottle can I be sure that the fermentation has ended without taking gravity readings?
Because taking gravity for few days in both beers will make a mess for me and I lose beer too...
So after 2 weeks for one and 1 week for the other - can I be sure it finished without the readings?
and I also thought at the middle of the 13th day and the 6th day do a cold crush for both...just for like 10 hours I guess....is it ok?
I hope you've got me...
Happy brewing!