can i bottle?

[mmonteiro]

i just got my hydrometer today, its my first batch. the gravity i reads was 1.021. its an american wheat ale, do you think its ready to bottle. it looked good and smelled good but i was to scared to taste it lol.

 

[verbhertz]

Test in 3 days if it's the same bottle.

 

[lowtones84]

Don't be scared to taste it! Hydrometer readings are great, but I think tasting the sample gives you just as much information. It won't hurt you, and I think it's important to know what your beer tastes like in different stages.

 

[verbhertz]

I would never bottle off the information from tasting, but I agree that tasting along the way is fine (and fun!).

 

[lowtones84]

I would never bottle off the information from tasting, but I agree that tasting along the way is fine (and fun!).

Yeah I'm not really saying that's what you should do, hydrometer readings are still important. But at this point I think I -could- bottle by taste alone, at least some recipes. Not that I would. But yes, OP, as verbhertz said take hydrometer readings a few days apart, and if they're the same, you should be ready to bottle.