1st brew bottling day draws near !!!

[slayerextreme]

well....its almost here !! I am going by the local brew shop to pick up my bottles for my 1st brew...mine was the brewers best Russian Imperial Stout...below is the fermentation schedule...

The wort will begin to ferment within 24 hours and you will notice CO2 releasing (bubbling)
out of the airlock. Within 4 - 6 days the bubbling will slow down until you see no more CO2
being released. When fermentation is complete (no bubbles for 48 hours) take a FG read
-
ing with a sanitized hydrometer and record it in your ABV% CALCULATOR


I had a beast of a fermentation on days 2/3/4 then it slowed and finally stopped on day 7...I opted to transfer from the primary to my carboy on day 7, I know it wasn't required but i wanted to SEE MY BEER!!!!! plus practice my techniques...all went well and still no infections..

I'm on day 14 and plan on bottling in 3 days...so 17 days of fermentation and then probably 10 to 14 days in the bottle before I try one....

unless anyone has any input that would indicate that I should alter my schedule, I plan to have my 1st brew completed on Friday...I will take a final SG at the time of bottling to see how close I was to the anticipated FG.....

per all my reading of posts, I am sure that there is still enuff yeast in suspension to provide good carbonation after I add the priming sugar on bottling day...or at least I hope there is!!!!!

any final input, thoughts or ideas would be greatly appreciated !!!!

 

[duboman]

Take a final gravity reading a few days prior to bottling and then again at bottling, if there was no change in readings then you know the beer is ready to package.

Try to weigh out your priming sugar,
.75oz-1oz per finished gallon of beer is a good place to start and weight is more precise than volume.

Be sure you properly sanitize everything that will come in contact with your finished beer including bottle caps.

Keep the bottles stored at 70+ for two weeks and sample one then, cheers!


Sent from the Commune

 

[kh54s10]

Russian Imperial Stout. You might try one after 3 weeks of bottle conditioning but this beer will be at is best after a few months to 3/4 year or more.

That is a pretty big beer for a first one. I would start another ASAP so you will have some to drink while this one is aging. Something lighter.

 

[slayerextreme]

took an SG 3 days ago...will check again on friday before bottling if there is no change I might proceed....my SG about .002 off from what was expected....this was an extract kit with steeping grains....

gotta say the flavor of the beer was KICK ASS (from the sample I pulled)

 

[kh54s10]

took an SG 3 days ago...will check again on friday before bottling if there is no change I might proceed....my SG about .002 off from what was expected....this was an extract kit with steeping grains....

gotta say the flavor of the beer was KICK ASS (from the sample I pulled)

Just imagine. You are tasting a flat, really young beer. It will taste a lot different (probably better) when aged and carbonated.

Try not to drink them all before they condition properly.

That is why I suggest getting another brew in process ASAP.
A pale ale might be near prime in as little a 5 weeks.

The Russian Imperial Stout will not be in prime until at least the end of October at the earliest.

At my 6 months of brewing I had a few bottles (at least) of a dozen different beer styles. 4 years later I have 3 on tap, 2 in fermentation and one (3 years old) in bottles.