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brazedowl · Jan 26, 2013

Started my first kit two weeks ago (click). It's sitting in the carboy and airlock activity is nil. SG was 1.048 and current gravity is 1.020. I've never done beer before so do I just add the carbing sugar when the SG stops dropping and bottle? or is there an actual gravity value I'm shooting for?

Arneba28 · Jan 26, 2013

yeah. Its not done yet. what temp are you fermenting at?

brazedowl · Jan 26, 2013

sitting pretty at 62 degrees currently

ncbrewer · Jan 26, 2013

You should take two sg readings two or three days apart - see if the gravity is stable. Also, I normally leave it in primary for three weeks before bottling. Your gravity is a little high, but not that unusual for an extract.

brazedowl · Jan 26, 2013

gotcha. I'll keep taking readings over the next week. Assuming it stays the same, then I prime and bottle?

ncbrewer · Jan 26, 2013

brazedowl said:
gotcha. I'll keep taking readings over the next week. Assuming it stays the same, then I prime and bottle?

Pretty much, but I wouldn't take a lot of samples - just two samples 2 - 3 days apart. I open the fermenter as little as possible to minimize contamination risk.

RM-MN · Jan 26, 2013

Warm that beer up to the low 70's for a few days and see if the yeast don't wake up and bring the gravity down some more.

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