When to bottle after secondary fermentation

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morganm

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Hello,

After about 12 years of not brewing any beer, I gave it another shot and brewed 2 batches a few weeks ago.

primary fermentation started on 03/19/08 and 8 days later after my hydrometer readings stopped changing, i transferred to a secondary carboy for conditioning. It has now been 12 days in the secondary and im wondering if im cool to bottle yet or is it still too early?

batch 1: red ale
batch 2: amber ale

Thanks in advance,
M
 
Revvy said:
I usually do 2 weeks in secondary....but like moonshae said, if it looks clear then go for it.

cool, sounds good. looks clear, been 12 days, im going to go for it.

thanks all.

M
 
an old rule of thumb is 1-2-3; 1 in primary, 2 in 2nd, 3 in the bottle. But that said, if it's clear, let 'er rip. Many brewers skip the 2ndary altogether (although they may let things settle out longer in primary or cold-crash).
 

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