So my friend and I brewed a honey lager about 4.5 weeks ago and were hoping to bottle it soon. However, when we went to the basement today it was still bubbling really slowly, approximately 1 bubble "blip" every 30 seconds or so. Would we still be able to bottle or should it stop bubbling entirely? Would we add less priming sugar if we did?
Bottling question
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BendBrewer
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You need to take gravity readings. Do you have a hydrometer?
Yeah the OG was 1.076 so it was a heavier lager. It's currently in a 7 gallon carboy and we didn't want to expose it to oxygen / get the hydrometer stuck. Are there any good techniques you know of for taking the FG in a carboy?
Use a turkey baster to set a sample
leotrace said:
A "beer thief" is a good tool. I use the model that lets you pull beer into the cylinder, measure the gravity and return the beer to the vessel.
Here is the link:
http://www.fermtech.ca/thief/thief.html
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Airlock activity be it a good indicator of active fermentation is not accurate. A gravity reading is the only to tell if fermentation has completed. Take a couple gravity readings a few days apart. If they are the same then your good to bottle. If not wait till it is done.
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