PeterMA
Member
So, I brewed my first batch in a couple of months a week and a half ago. The recipe is from Clone Brews and started out as the Bass clone. Since my LHBS didn't have Northdown hops, I used Northen Brewer (hey, it had "north" in the name) and I substituted WLP001 for Wyeast 1098. The directions are fairly clear with the recipe to transfer from primary to secondary "in 4-5 days".
My question: is it ever reasonable to expect a beer to finish in the primary that soon or are they telling me to transfer it intentionally early? I say early because the gravity is around 1.02 at this point probably and more to the point, it is bubbling every 8-9 seconds through the airlock.
Should I transfer now (day 10) or wait until the bubbling gets to the every 15 second mark? Does it matter?
Here is the recipe if anybody is interested:
Basstard Clone (sorta)
OG = 1.051
FG = ?
ABV = 5%
14 oz 40# Crystal Malt
Into 1.5 gallon water 160 degrees for 20 minutes. Sparged with 1/2 gallon water post boil.
6.0 lbs Muntons DME
1.0 oz of Northern Brewer (60 min)
1 tsp Gypsum (60 min)
.25 Challenger (15 min)
1 tsp Irish moss
.5 oz Northern Brewer (10 min)
.25 oz Northern Brewer (1 min)
White Labs WLP001
My question: is it ever reasonable to expect a beer to finish in the primary that soon or are they telling me to transfer it intentionally early? I say early because the gravity is around 1.02 at this point probably and more to the point, it is bubbling every 8-9 seconds through the airlock.
Should I transfer now (day 10) or wait until the bubbling gets to the every 15 second mark? Does it matter?
Here is the recipe if anybody is interested:
Basstard Clone (sorta)
OG = 1.051
FG = ?
ABV = 5%
14 oz 40# Crystal Malt
Into 1.5 gallon water 160 degrees for 20 minutes. Sparged with 1/2 gallon water post boil.
6.0 lbs Muntons DME
1.0 oz of Northern Brewer (60 min)
1 tsp Gypsum (60 min)
.25 Challenger (15 min)
1 tsp Irish moss
.5 oz Northern Brewer (10 min)
.25 oz Northern Brewer (1 min)
White Labs WLP001