Can I bottle now?

[Bmbundy]

I want to bottle my beer but I dont know if its ready. The airlock has slowed down a lot and its at 1.020°. The instructions say it has to be below 1.014°. Am I safe to go ahead and bottle?

 

[adam_d_j]

Take another gravity reading in a couple days. If there is no change, you're good to bottle.

 

[OHIOSTEVE]

I want to bottle my beer but I dont know if its ready. The airlock has slowed down a lot and its at 1.020°. The instructions say it has to be below 1.014°. Am I safe to go ahead and bottle?

I would wager that your reading will be lower after a couple more days. The airlock is not a 100% indicator of activity but the fact that it is still bubbling...even slowly tells me that you still have some activity. I would NOT bottle it yet.

 

[Bmbundy]

I will wait a couple of days then. Thanks for the help

 

[Wvbrewer77]

If it stays steady you will be fine to bottle.

 

[RM-MN]

Do you just want beer fast or do you want good beer? If you want beer fast there probably is a store within reasonable distance where you could buy some. Good beer takes a little more time and patience. Your beer isn't ready to bottle yet. I've done it and found out that after a while I ended up with beer that would pour 3/4 glass of foam and an inch of beer in the bottom and this is what you are setting yourself up for by bottling too soon. Let the yeast have the time they want to finish eating the sugars and cleaning up the off flavor compounds that they made early in the ferment before you bottle and you will have decent beer to drink.

 

[badbrew]

Wait a week and measure again. You're not even close to done.

 

[brewman63]

All good things come to those that wait. Another 3 - 5 days and you'll probably be around the 1.014 reading and ready to bottle.