Hello brewers!
So last night I was bottling with some friends and probably shouldn't have been drinking so much. I took a hydrometer sample but didn't even check the reading until after I bottled! I assumed my beer was done. Was it over confidence? Beer fog? Stupidity? Maybe all of the above. But my FG was 1.021! OG was 1.058. I only let her ferment for 3 weeks. Today I flipped through my notes and realized every time I used Nottingham I gave it 4 weeks in primary. Just venting my worry here I guess. I got them locked up tight in those tuperware bins.
If one goes, will they all go? Is there anything that can be done if they start popping? I don't want to lose 61 beers. Please feel free to point and laugh.
And if any fellow noobs are reading this, learn from my stupidity! NEVER ASSUME YOUR BEER IS READY!!!
So last night I was bottling with some friends and probably shouldn't have been drinking so much. I took a hydrometer sample but didn't even check the reading until after I bottled! I assumed my beer was done. Was it over confidence? Beer fog? Stupidity? Maybe all of the above. But my FG was 1.021! OG was 1.058. I only let her ferment for 3 weeks. Today I flipped through my notes and realized every time I used Nottingham I gave it 4 weeks in primary. Just venting my worry here I guess. I got them locked up tight in those tuperware bins.
If one goes, will they all go? Is there anything that can be done if they start popping? I don't want to lose 61 beers. Please feel free to point and laugh.
And if any fellow noobs are reading this, learn from my stupidity! NEVER ASSUME YOUR BEER IS READY!!!