So almost two weeks ago I had a go at my first ever attempt at home brewing. Not only that but I skipped extract and kits and jumped straight into the wonderful world of all grain.
I've been using the site ever since and have resisted posting a bunch of panicked questions and searched and waited as I had my fair share of problems (damaged equipment, higher temperatures in fermentation than hoped, no airlock activity etc). Things seem to be going OK now finally and I look like I'm close to bottling with a decent sized trub at the bottom and over three quarters of the Krausen has sunk.
I have finally decided to ask a question though as I'm excited and nervous. I've brewed a classic British pale ale and my final gravity target is 1013. I tasted the beer and it takes like quite nice but really flat ale. Is that normal though as carbonating will take place once its bottled? Now I'm pretty sure my reading is at 1016 so is there any chance in the next two days the last of my Krausen will sink and my gravity will drop down to what I want it to? Also what is the best sugar for me to use in my priming solution in my bottling bucket and how much?
Thanks guys the site has been more helpful than any other resource I've found!
I've been using the site ever since and have resisted posting a bunch of panicked questions and searched and waited as I had my fair share of problems (damaged equipment, higher temperatures in fermentation than hoped, no airlock activity etc). Things seem to be going OK now finally and I look like I'm close to bottling with a decent sized trub at the bottom and over three quarters of the Krausen has sunk.
I have finally decided to ask a question though as I'm excited and nervous. I've brewed a classic British pale ale and my final gravity target is 1013. I tasted the beer and it takes like quite nice but really flat ale. Is that normal though as carbonating will take place once its bottled? Now I'm pretty sure my reading is at 1016 so is there any chance in the next two days the last of my Krausen will sink and my gravity will drop down to what I want it to? Also what is the best sugar for me to use in my priming solution in my bottling bucket and how much?
Thanks guys the site has been more helpful than any other resource I've found!