michaeljones147
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I'm making an American pale ale, and the recipe says wait 2 weeks in primary, 2 weeks in secondary, then bottle and wait to weeks to drink... Does this sound right?
yes. At least that long.
Don't transfer from primary until you have a steady fg. Use your hydrometer.
Unless you are dryhopping or aging your beer, you don't necessarily have to put it into a secondary. Typically, i let my beers go 3-4 weeks, cold crash and keg.
Sounds good, and yes I'm dry hopping, so it sounds like I should use a secondary then.
How often should I check with my hydrometer? My og was 1.065 and out of impatience I checked at 2 days for fun, and it was 1.035, so its doing work, so now I just wait 10 more days and rack to secondary?
Sounds good, and yes I'm dry hopping, so it sounds like I should use a secondary then.
Yes, mine has settled on my latest after 3 days.Note, also since this is my first brew, will the foam on the wort from fermentation settle out by the time I need to check my final gravity?
Note, also since this is my first brew, will the foam on the wort from fermentation settle out by the time I need to check my final gravity?
Note, also since this is my first brew, will the foam on the wort from fermentation settle out by the time I need to check my final gravity?
Not necessarily, a lot of folks, myself included dryhop in primary, adding them in week three and bottling a week later.
Haha, ill get on that homer
Robms88 said:Leaving in primary for longer than many instructions say is good. 2/3 weeks. If you google search John Palmer Homebrewing, you will find a free e-book that has EVERYTHING you will need to get going from beginning kits to all-grain. A fantastic book that highlights the flaws of kit instructions and what to do to get a good beer.
Pilgarlic said:The "foam on the wort", or krausen, will have settled by the time you reach your final gravity. There's just no reason to check it until the krausen has dropped.
Bithead said:I think a lot of new brewers start out drinking batches too soon till they realize that by the time they get to the last bottle it's tasting really good. Then they start to become patient.
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