Coopers IPA Can

[Turizo]

Happy New Year!

I found a can of Coopers IPA in my basement and deiced to brew it. After adding the Can of extract, dextrose, and DME I let it ferment for two weeks in a covered bucket with no air lock. According to the instructions it should be ready to be bottle, is that the case?

 

[SmokeyMcBong]

Possibly but also possibly not. How many batches of beer have you made?

 

[Turizo]

Three from kits in 2013. I've never used a Can kit though.

 

[DaNewf]

Proper way to determine if fermentation is complete is to take two gravity readings (separated by a day or two). If both readings are the same and around the expected FG then its done.

I usually don't do this. I leave ales in a temperature controlled chest freezer at 18C for three weeks and then bottle it up. It works for me (so far) but its not best practice.