Stone clone after 1.5 weeks

[spazjdm]

did a stone clone a week and a half ago, took a measurement today. went from 20 brix to 11 brix. approx 1.083 og -> 1.019 ish. calculations from http://onebeer.net/refractometer.shtml. think i should rack to secondary to age a bit so i can free up my bucket, or go straight to bottles?

 

[dbreienrk1]

No need for a secondary unless you want to clear up the beer...I would take a few more readings over a couple days to cerify fermentation is complete. Then id just cold crash it and bottle it...

 

[msujack]

let it sit for another week or so, then bottle or secondary. Honestly, if you do bottle now, assuming the SG is stable, you won't go wrong either way. I tend to leave things in the primary for 3 weeks, then bottle. Its easier to buy a second bucket and lid with an airlock for $15 clams than take it out of the fermentation primary early. (IMHO)

 

[spazjdm]

Is cold crash all that necessary? What is it for?

 

[dbreienrk1]

Necessary, no, but it produces a cleaner beer. It causes the yeast to fall out of suspension leaving you a nice clear beer.

 

[dbreienrk1]

I just took a picture of a cold crashed beer...it's on my twitter...

http://t.co/HMkP7c4y

 

[two_one_seven]

no need for a secondary unless you want to clear up the beer...i would take a few more readings over a couple days to cerify fermentation is complete. Then id just cold crash it and bottle it...

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