Hi I've just done a lager it's been in the bucket 9 days and fermentation seems to have stopped the first reading was 1038 I've just taken another reading and it's 1026. Is this reading still to high to start bottling? Many thanx
ICWiener, is your name a reference to Futurama?
Add another few months at lager temps then give it another test. While you are waiting make a nice pale ale for the summer.
It's a tooheys lager kit fermented at around 22 degrees the instructions say it should finish fermentation between 4-7 days an be ready for bottling.
ICWiener said:You got bum instructions. If it's 22F, that's freezing. If it's 22C, then that's 71F, which is waaaaaaay too warm to ferment a proper lager. And 4-7 days is barely enough time for an ale. A lager should take a minimum of 6 weeks. Minimum. Probably more.
It's a tooheys lager kit fermented at around 22 degrees the instructions say it should finish fermentation between 4-7 days an be ready for bottling.
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