So this is my first brew--Autumn Amber extract kit from Midwest--and so far so good. I brewed it on 9/14, OG 1.048. Fermentation kicked off about 4-5 hours after pitching, but never really seemed too vigorous (I know, the airlock isn't a good indicator. . . ) Anyway, I let it sit until 10/4 and checked the gravity again, SG ~1.014 (only two points shy of my target FG). So I figured I'd let it sit another week and it'd probably be good to bottle.
I moved it to the kitchen last night (from a pseudo swamp cooler) for bottling this week. Tonight I was sanitizing bottles and noticed the airlock bubbling. I was pretty surprised since I hadn't really seen that since week two. So I cracked the lid to take another gravity reading (1.013), and it would appear a new krausen has begun to form. Clearly, moving the fermentor to a warmer environment (perhaps coupled with the light agitation) got fermentation going again. So my question is this: after it finally subsides (as evidenced by equal SG readings a few days apart), should I give it another week or two for the yeasts to clean up, or go ahead an bottle? I'd like to free up my fermentor so I can get another brew going.
Thanks in advance for any advice. Apologies to the veterans if this question irritates any of you.
I moved it to the kitchen last night (from a pseudo swamp cooler) for bottling this week. Tonight I was sanitizing bottles and noticed the airlock bubbling. I was pretty surprised since I hadn't really seen that since week two. So I cracked the lid to take another gravity reading (1.013), and it would appear a new krausen has begun to form. Clearly, moving the fermentor to a warmer environment (perhaps coupled with the light agitation) got fermentation going again. So my question is this: after it finally subsides (as evidenced by equal SG readings a few days apart), should I give it another week or two for the yeasts to clean up, or go ahead an bottle? I'd like to free up my fermentor so I can get another brew going.
Thanks in advance for any advice. Apologies to the veterans if this question irritates any of you.