First brew in the fermenter!

Well guys my first batch ha been sitting in the fermenter for about three days now. Brew day went pretty well. There are a few things I need to streamline but other than that good. My OG was supposed to be 1052 and I hit 1051. My airlock stopped bubbling after about a day but I'm going to leave it be and take a gravity reading to see where I stand.

Yea dont trust the air lock. Leave it for at least 7 days before your rack or check gravity.

timrox1212 said:

Yea dont trust the air lock. Leave it for at least 7 days before your rack or check gravity.

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Yeah that my plan. I'm just going to let it do its thing as per instructions, which is 2 week in primary and two in secondary. Which for me is a month in primary since I only have a primary vessel at the moment. May ramp temp up a bit the last week to clean up flavors.

Congrats on the first batch.

ncbrewer said:

Congrats on the first batch.

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Thanks!

Congrats and well done.

BikerBrewer said:

Congrats and well done.

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Thanks man. I can see where this will become addictive.

Congrats, best of luck. Few people do secondary any more.

Cyclman said:

Congrats, best of luck. Few people do secondary any more.

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+1 on this ^. No need for secondary. I don't use it anymore. Maybe if I'm going to dry hop.

When your airlock sloes or stops all the mad bubbling,only initial fermentation is over. It'll now slowly,uneventfully ctreep down to a stable FG.
Let the beer have another 3-7 days to clean up & settle out clear or slightly misty. I wait 2-3 weeks before taking an FG reading.

Cyclman said:

Congrats, best of luck. Few people do secondary any more.

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Yeah I have read there is really no need which is good since its one less step and less room for contamination.

unionrdr said:

When your airlock sloes or stops all the mad bubbling,only initial fermentation is over. It'll now slowly,uneventfully ctreep down to a stable FG.
Let the beer have another 3-7 days to clean up & settle out clear or slightly misty. I wait 2-3 weeks before taking an FG reading.

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I actually took a gravity reading before reading this. Oops. Looks like after four days I'm at 1020/1019 from an OG of 1051. I'm going to let it sit for at least another 2 to 3 weeks then ramp temps up a bit to clean things up. I'm sitting at a stable 64-66 in the fermenter, so I thought maybe ramping up to 68-70 during the last week. Thoughts?

66-68F would be better imo.

unionrdr said:

66-68F would be better imo.

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Okay thanks.

Just a quick update. I checked my gravity yesterday and looks like at day 12 I'm at a FG of 1011. Tasted pretty decent as well. Sort of a like Newcastle with a bit more of a hop punch. Letting it come to room temp which in my pantry is about 68 degrees. Fairly happy with my first brew so far.