I'm not going to have a chance to bottle until this coming weekend (about 10 days after brew-day) so this is more of a theoritical question; but I was wondering if it would hurt to go ahead and bottle now that I've reached my FG after three days.
I know we're supposed to trust the yeast and wait until it hits FG if the recipe says 10 days and at 10 we're still pretty high SG, but can you do the same and bottle early if you've already hit the FG? I'd assume I'd want to bottle condition a little longer since the beer didn't condition much in the primary, but that would just be to avoid green beer flavors and not to avoid any problems, right?
I was brewing EdWort's Haus Pale Ale. Brewed on the 29th and today after not seeing much activity (first time fermenting in a bucket instead of a glass carboy) I checked the SG and saw I was at 1.010 (expected 1.011 FG).
I know we're supposed to trust the yeast and wait until it hits FG if the recipe says 10 days and at 10 we're still pretty high SG, but can you do the same and bottle early if you've already hit the FG? I'd assume I'd want to bottle condition a little longer since the beer didn't condition much in the primary, but that would just be to avoid green beer flavors and not to avoid any problems, right?
I was brewing EdWort's Haus Pale Ale. Brewed on the 29th and today after not seeing much activity (first time fermenting in a bucket instead of a glass carboy) I checked the SG and saw I was at 1.010 (expected 1.011 FG).