nathanclare
Member
Hey guys. New to this forum and there's a lot of great info here. I'm glad I stumbled in. I've got a Diamond Knot IPA (DME) that I'm currently working on and had a couple questions regarding it. First of all, I only had this batch in the primary for 48 hours because it went absolutely nuts and I had to rig a blow off setup to keep the thing from spilling over into floor / blowing the lid off. After it calmed down, I transfered it to the secondary (carboy) and added some dry hops. The directions said it would take 4-14 days for the hops to settle out, but they are still floating on the top. It has been in the secondary for 14 days now. I guess my question is, is it too soon to bottle? I don't have a hydrometer which I know is a bad thing. So all I have to go on is the airlock, which is bubbling about every 1-2 minutes. But I figured as wild as the fermentation was the first few days, there shouldn't really be any sugars left to ferment. The only thing I was waiting on was for the hops to settle to the bottom. I wouldn't mind leaving it alone for another week or two, but I've heard / read that when dry hopping, sometimes people get grassy / off flavors when they leave the dry hops in too long. Any advice would help.
Thanks.
Nate
Thanks.
Nate