It may be time to bottle?

[daytonlawvol]

Brewers Best English Pale Ale Kit. Had an Original Gravity of 1.042, will have been in Primary for two weeks tomorrow. I took a Gravity reading 3 days ago and it was at 1.010, which was the bottom end of the Final gravity recommended by Brewers Best. I'll take another reading today and then tomorrow, if the gravity hasnt dropped anymore and the taste is clean, I am thinking about going ahead and bottling it. I have read that many here leave in 3 weeks regardless, and I probably should...trying to get the beer ready for the in-laws to try by December 16.

Any thoughts?

 

[nilo]

bottle

 

[benharper13]

You can do it but it won't be the best and that might not be enough time to to let it carb

 

[dvdanny]

Brewers Best English Pale Ale Kit. Had an Original Gravity of 1.042, will have been in Primary for two weeks tomorrow. I took a Gravity reading 3 days ago and it was at 1.010, which was the bottom end of the Final gravity recommended by Brewers Best. I'll take another reading today and then tomorrow, if the gravity hasnt dropped anymore and the taste is clean, I am thinking about going ahead and bottling it. I have read that many here leave in 3 weeks regardless, and I probably should...trying to get the beer ready for the in-laws to try by December 16.

Any thoughts?

It might carb up by then but the beer will still probably taste young and won't be optimum. Considering that you brewed it two weeks ago, I wouldn't bottle until the 16th. But you might be ok, i don't know how the weather is like where you are at, but here it's been cold and i have 3 wk old bottles that are still flat.

 

[nilo]

You can do it but it won't be the best and that might not be enough time to to let it carb

Doesn't make any sense to me.

Edit. Didn't see that he was planning to drink by the 16th. It will be mostly carbed. Will taste green, but may be good enough.

 

[benharper13]

I have had plenty of beers that have taken longer then 2 weeks to carb and it will taste green

 

[daytonlawvol]

Well here's the question, would I be ok to bottle tomorrow, if the gravity hasnt budged...then take a few to the in-laws on the 16th, but leave the majority at home to carb up some more. I guess the question is, if I bottle now, am I compromising taste no matter how long they carb up?

 

[HexKrak]

Common brewing teaching says if it's the same SG 3 days in a row, it's time to bottle (this may not apply to some yeasts like brett that move really slowly).

 

[dpittard]

Taste and hydro readings are the only way to tell if you should bottle. If the gravity is stable over a few days and you are happy with the taste, then bottle. If not, ferment longer. Don't rush your beer.

 

[HexKrak]

It will probably taste good, but leave a bottle for a month or two and you'll be blow away by the difference. I'm opening a case of 2 different winter beers on new years to celebrate, but they'll only have spent 2 weeks in the bottle by then. I know they could be better, but it'll still be better than big commercial swill

 

[RM-MN]

There isn't any way to get that beer "ready" by the 16th but were it me, I'd bottle and deliver with the notation that the beer really needed to age more for the best flavor. If they decide to drink it right away, you shouldn't have to take the blame for beer that isn't the best. It's likely to be acceptable anyway.