Early Rack? What to Do?

[jtmwhyte]

So I was doing pretty well with my first brew. It was in the primary for 9 days (Morgan's Canadain IPA) I took hydrometer readings that were consistent for two days but on the third day I dropped and broke the hydrometer. The bubbles in the primary had slowed to about once every minute and change so I racked it to my secondary. After about an hour it looked like there was beer in the airlock (I had vodka in it).

Panicked, I attached a sanitized blow off tube into a sanitized pop bottle with some freshly boiled water in it. It is continuing to bubble down through the tube since last night. I was instructed to replace the sanitized airlock when this stops but I'm not sure if I should worry about this.

 

[H-ost]

Without a hydrometer I would give it a few extra days to a week then bottle it if the fermentation seems to have stopped.

You will get a different answer depending on who you ask but most people would say a secondary is not necessary for most brews. Also, You don't need to stress TOO much on switching your blow off hose to an airlock.