I'm wondering if maybe i should keep all my 1st time brew questions in 1 thread, hopefully the new ones are not annoying anyone.
I'm making a very simple Amber Ale recipe, that calls for 1 week in the primary, 1 week in secondary before bottling.
Now i've seen many post and many people talk about how they dont use the secondary and keep their beer in the primary for 3 weeks which is what i was recommended.
I'm at day 8 now with the beer still in the primary, figured i'll do 2 weeks primary, 1 week secondary.
The reason is because i though my gravity is still too high and its not ready to go to secondary yet. But i might be wrong, its been steady for 4 days now and its right at the MAX number of where it should be, meaning it could be lower but its not AS high as i thought.
So my question is this. If the gravity is steady, that means fermentation is DONE, right? So whats the point in keeping the beer in the bucket if its done fermenting? I've read people saying "let the yeast settle and clean up", does that process take place AFTER fermentation is done (steady gravity), or it cleans up as it goes along at the end of fermentation when gravity is still slowly getting lower?
I'm making a very simple Amber Ale recipe, that calls for 1 week in the primary, 1 week in secondary before bottling.
Now i've seen many post and many people talk about how they dont use the secondary and keep their beer in the primary for 3 weeks which is what i was recommended.
I'm at day 8 now with the beer still in the primary, figured i'll do 2 weeks primary, 1 week secondary.
The reason is because i though my gravity is still too high and its not ready to go to secondary yet. But i might be wrong, its been steady for 4 days now and its right at the MAX number of where it should be, meaning it could be lower but its not AS high as i thought.
So my question is this. If the gravity is steady, that means fermentation is DONE, right? So whats the point in keeping the beer in the bucket if its done fermenting? I've read people saying "let the yeast settle and clean up", does that process take place AFTER fermentation is done (steady gravity), or it cleans up as it goes along at the end of fermentation when gravity is still slowly getting lower?