Bottling question

[Wood205]

Hello all,

My brew has been in the primary for 16 days now. Is it to early to bottle? I want to let it sit another week, but my brother's wedding is in 3 weeks and I wanted to bring a few bottles for the event. So, should I give it another week in the primary for this week, or bottle it now and let it bottle condition for 3 weeks before I pop one open?

 

[TTB-J]

Take a hydrometer sample. If your gravity has stabilized over the course of a few days, it's ready to bottle. No sense in trying to judge by time - every beer is different and yeast will attenuate at different speeds in different batches.

Either way, 16 days is plenty of time for your yeast to fully attenuate and condition your beer.

 

[Shaneoco1981]

It really depends on your gravity reading. I bottle a regular strength beer routinely between 2-3 weeks out. It does fine. I would say that you are fine to bottle now.