JoeyG2001
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I'm a new brewer that just put my first batch into the fermenting bucket at midnight last Sunday. So, it's been about 8 days. The fermentation was a slow start, about 36 hours, but then things seemed to be going very well. OG was 1.055 which was right on the mark according to the recipe (which used 6lb. of malt extract and then 4 specialty grains about a half-pound each). The reading might have been a little higher, because I was still getting used to reading the hydrometer that first time.
On Friday, I guess I was getting impatient, because the bubbles had slowed significantly and I decided to take a hydrometer reading. It was 1.030, so I sealed it back up and let it go. It fermented well through the weekend but slowed down a lot on Sunday evening (a week from going in), and all but stagnated yesterday. I took another reading and it was at 1.025. There have been no visible signs in the airlock of any visible fermentation since then. The recipe calls for the FG to get down to 1.013. The temperature has been pretty steady around 68-70 for the length of the eight days.
Should I give it a couple more days in the fermenter or take a reading today and, if it's still 1.025, bottle it?
On Friday, I guess I was getting impatient, because the bubbles had slowed significantly and I decided to take a hydrometer reading. It was 1.030, so I sealed it back up and let it go. It fermented well through the weekend but slowed down a lot on Sunday evening (a week from going in), and all but stagnated yesterday. I took another reading and it was at 1.025. There have been no visible signs in the airlock of any visible fermentation since then. The recipe calls for the FG to get down to 1.013. The temperature has been pretty steady around 68-70 for the length of the eight days.
Should I give it a couple more days in the fermenter or take a reading today and, if it's still 1.025, bottle it?