knelson
Well-Known Member
I brewed my first batch on Sunday January 3rd. It was an EPA extract kit from Northern Brewer. I pitched my yeast at around 75 degrees and the next morning I was getting quite a bit of action in the fermentor.
after about 24 hours, I counted the number of times it bubbled and was about 45 times per minute. after about 3 days there was no more bubbling in the ferementor and the head/krausen? started to sink back into the fermentor.
It has now been 8 days since brew day and it seems as if there is no more action in the primary. i.e. the krausen has completely sunk, no more bubbling in the airlock.
Is it time to rack to secondary? The instructions called for 1-2 weeks in primary so I am within that time frame.
Also my OG was 1.042 (the instructions called for an OG of1.045) Yesterday when I tested it it was at 1.011. Is there a specific gravty that I am looking for or is that pretty much out of my control at this point? Will I be losing more ABV during secondary and bottle conditioning. If I calculated correctly I am below 5% ABV at this point. Am I going to end up with water?
Thanks
after about 24 hours, I counted the number of times it bubbled and was about 45 times per minute. after about 3 days there was no more bubbling in the ferementor and the head/krausen? started to sink back into the fermentor.
It has now been 8 days since brew day and it seems as if there is no more action in the primary. i.e. the krausen has completely sunk, no more bubbling in the airlock.
Is it time to rack to secondary? The instructions called for 1-2 weeks in primary so I am within that time frame.
Also my OG was 1.042 (the instructions called for an OG of1.045) Yesterday when I tested it it was at 1.011. Is there a specific gravty that I am looking for or is that pretty much out of my control at this point? Will I be losing more ABV during secondary and bottle conditioning. If I calculated correctly I am below 5% ABV at this point. Am I going to end up with water?
Thanks