I went over my friends house on Tuesday. He got a True Brew kit for Xmas with a True Brew Ocktoberfest ingredient kit. Right off the bat I didn't like it. The instructions were terrible and I didn't like the yeast. It didn't have any markings on it saying what type it was (it was dry yeast). But since I have brewed a few batches and doing a ton of research on here, I tweaked the recipe to be what you would typically think of for extract brewing. Steeping special grains at 155 to 160 for 20 minutes or so. Boiling the water, adding the malt and hops and letting it boil for 60 minutes.
He had a 20 qt pot to use on his gas stove. I thought it would be a perfect size. The pot fit nice on the burner and the flame came out just to the edge of the pot but it wasn't a huge rolling boil. I would say it was just a small rolling boil.
Everything seem to go ok. OG was 1.042 with about 4.75 gallons. He bought distilled water which I think is fine for an extract. The temp has been 68.
He took a gravity reading today and he said it was 1.020. Going from 1.042 to 1.020 in 48 hours just seems like a big jump to me. I told him it is probably nothing to be worried about and just keep taking the readings each day until he sees the gravity flattening out for a few days in a row. The instructions say fermenting should be done by 72 hours.
It just seems very quick to me. I told him we should keep it in there for at least a week if not 2 just to let it finish and everything settle to the bottom before racking to the bottling bucket. What do you guys think?
He had a 20 qt pot to use on his gas stove. I thought it would be a perfect size. The pot fit nice on the burner and the flame came out just to the edge of the pot but it wasn't a huge rolling boil. I would say it was just a small rolling boil.
Everything seem to go ok. OG was 1.042 with about 4.75 gallons. He bought distilled water which I think is fine for an extract. The temp has been 68.
He took a gravity reading today and he said it was 1.020. Going from 1.042 to 1.020 in 48 hours just seems like a big jump to me. I told him it is probably nothing to be worried about and just keep taking the readings each day until he sees the gravity flattening out for a few days in a row. The instructions say fermenting should be done by 72 hours.
It just seems very quick to me. I told him we should keep it in there for at least a week if not 2 just to let it finish and everything settle to the bottom before racking to the bottling bucket. What do you guys think?
