I had planned on bottling my hefeweizen today and now I'm not too sure it's a good idea. So I thought I'd poll the audience.
It's been in the primary for 7 days so far. I checked the gravity on Thursday morning and it was at 1.014. Today it is at 1.012, borderline 1.013.
Looking at howtobrew.com's nomograph, the co2 levels for this beer range from 3.3 to 4.5. At 70 degrees, the amount of cane sugar ranges from 5 ounces to 7.2 ounces.
Before I checked the gravity, I thought 7.2 ounces was too much for me to risk bottle bombs and had settled on 6.5 ounces of cane sugar. Now, I'm concerned 6.5 is too much since the gravity is still changing.
I know I should bottle after 3 days of the same gravity but I really want to get this primary empty and ready for the stout I had planned for tomorrow.
So, should I scale back the amount of sugar, if so, to how much? Stick with 6.5 ounces and cross my fingers? Or try again tomorrow?
And hey kids! This is another reason not to rely on airlock activity since this hasn't been bubbling since Wednesday!
It's been in the primary for 7 days so far. I checked the gravity on Thursday morning and it was at 1.014. Today it is at 1.012, borderline 1.013.
Looking at howtobrew.com's nomograph, the co2 levels for this beer range from 3.3 to 4.5. At 70 degrees, the amount of cane sugar ranges from 5 ounces to 7.2 ounces.
Before I checked the gravity, I thought 7.2 ounces was too much for me to risk bottle bombs and had settled on 6.5 ounces of cane sugar. Now, I'm concerned 6.5 is too much since the gravity is still changing.
I know I should bottle after 3 days of the same gravity but I really want to get this primary empty and ready for the stout I had planned for tomorrow.
So, should I scale back the amount of sugar, if so, to how much? Stick with 6.5 ounces and cross my fingers? Or try again tomorrow?
And hey kids! This is another reason not to rely on airlock activity since this hasn't been bubbling since Wednesday!