PIZ
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I'm working on my first brew. It's a Muntons English Pilsner and I've fermented for 4 weeks. I didnt rack to secondary because I've scoured the forums and found that secondary isn't necessary but the kicker here is that my primary is my bottling bucket. Last week (week 3) I tested the brew with a hydrometer (the airlock had been dormant for a few days) and it read about 1.018 after temperature adjustment. The instructions I received from my local brewing shop suggested to restart fermentation with a swirl of the bucket to get the FG down to about 1.015, so I did. It's been a week and I've tested again with the hydrometer and it comes out to about 1.016 so I want to bottle.. I've got a few questions...
I'm wondering if I should cold crash to stop fermentation to keep from getting bottle bombs. Should I just wait for fermentation to stop on it's own? Should I rack to secondary or will bottling from the primary with the trub be alright (the spigot doesn't eject trub into test tube.)
I'm just really wary because I don't want exploding bottles much less in my computer room where I plan to store them.
I'm wondering if I should cold crash to stop fermentation to keep from getting bottle bombs. Should I just wait for fermentation to stop on it's own? Should I rack to secondary or will bottling from the primary with the trub be alright (the spigot doesn't eject trub into test tube.)
I'm just really wary because I don't want exploding bottles much less in my computer room where I plan to store them.