Hello All,
I am a new brewer and working on my first brew which is a Dunkelweizen. I used the Brewer's Best recipe kit which went pretty straight forward. I am using a starter's kit where at this stage I have only used a Fermenting Bucket, hydrometer, thermometer and clear airlock that plugs into the lid at this point.
The only thing I did not do after tightly sealing the fermenter is putting it in a tub of water and draping a towel around it to keep the Temp down. I saw the bubbling stop about three days ago, it began bubbling a little after that now to a complete stop. I pulled the lid and checked the sample and it read 1.022. Just an hour ago (3 days later) I got a reading of 1.020.
The timeframe in which all of this occured is last Sunday up to the following Saturday. I also want to make sure I am not jumping the gun, either. I just feel the FG would have been closer to the suggested final gravity of 1.010 - 1.015.
I called my local Brewing and Fermentation retailer and their opinion was to leave it and begin bottling since repitching will unlikely bring down the FG from 1.020. I also called up a friend of mine who felt that might be alright but to get a few extra opinions before I go bottling anything up.
If anyone can please give me their opinion on what to do I would appreciate it. The sooner the better so I can run off to the retailer to buy some yeast if i need it.
Thank you all in advance...
I am a new brewer and working on my first brew which is a Dunkelweizen. I used the Brewer's Best recipe kit which went pretty straight forward. I am using a starter's kit where at this stage I have only used a Fermenting Bucket, hydrometer, thermometer and clear airlock that plugs into the lid at this point.
The only thing I did not do after tightly sealing the fermenter is putting it in a tub of water and draping a towel around it to keep the Temp down. I saw the bubbling stop about three days ago, it began bubbling a little after that now to a complete stop. I pulled the lid and checked the sample and it read 1.022. Just an hour ago (3 days later) I got a reading of 1.020.
The timeframe in which all of this occured is last Sunday up to the following Saturday. I also want to make sure I am not jumping the gun, either. I just feel the FG would have been closer to the suggested final gravity of 1.010 - 1.015.
I called my local Brewing and Fermentation retailer and their opinion was to leave it and begin bottling since repitching will unlikely bring down the FG from 1.020. I also called up a friend of mine who felt that might be alright but to get a few extra opinions before I go bottling anything up.
If anyone can please give me their opinion on what to do I would appreciate it. The sooner the better so I can run off to the retailer to buy some yeast if i need it.
Thank you all in advance...
