I bought a home brew kit from a local home brewing store and brewed the wort last saturday 1/24
despite a few mistakes
1. I didn't mix wort and top off water properly to get a proper OG reading.
2. pitched yeast in without question as soon as my floating thermometer read 78F... later I realized I didn't mix it enough so I had almost boiling water on the bottom of my fermentor and cool water at the top. I ended up just leaving it sit untill the temp equalized (I know the first rule of home brewing is to not worry and just see what happens)
3. I assembled the 3 piece airlock wrong and somehow got back pressure forcing some of the idophor solution I filled it with down the airlock into the fermentor. I hope it doesn't produce an off flavor it was a very small amount 1oz or less. I really don't think it will.
anyway
My directions say to ferment 7-10 days. (to my knowledge fermentation is going perfect it's day 3 and I'm still getting a bubble every 3-5 seconds)
Then bottle for another 7-10 days.
Problem is I have to have the beer ready on Feb. 14 (acctually Feb. 15 at 3am we are going to a rave before we drink)
Should I go ahead and bottle this Sunday Feb. 1 (provided the FG is correct I don't want any gushers or bottle bombs) and let the beer sit bottled for 14 days or should I leave in the primary a few more days and then sit bottled for a shorter time.
I just want to get this right because I'm trying to impress people. A few of them are female and pretty fickle about beer. I on the other hand I will drink anything.
despite a few mistakes
1. I didn't mix wort and top off water properly to get a proper OG reading.
2. pitched yeast in without question as soon as my floating thermometer read 78F... later I realized I didn't mix it enough so I had almost boiling water on the bottom of my fermentor and cool water at the top. I ended up just leaving it sit untill the temp equalized (I know the first rule of home brewing is to not worry and just see what happens)
3. I assembled the 3 piece airlock wrong and somehow got back pressure forcing some of the idophor solution I filled it with down the airlock into the fermentor. I hope it doesn't produce an off flavor it was a very small amount 1oz or less. I really don't think it will.
anyway
My directions say to ferment 7-10 days. (to my knowledge fermentation is going perfect it's day 3 and I'm still getting a bubble every 3-5 seconds)
Then bottle for another 7-10 days.
Problem is I have to have the beer ready on Feb. 14 (acctually Feb. 15 at 3am we are going to a rave before we drink)
Should I go ahead and bottle this Sunday Feb. 1 (provided the FG is correct I don't want any gushers or bottle bombs) and let the beer sit bottled for 14 days or should I leave in the primary a few more days and then sit bottled for a shorter time.
I just want to get this right because I'm trying to impress people. A few of them are female and pretty fickle about beer. I on the other hand I will drink anything.