I have had my oktoberfest ale in the primary fermenter for 8 days now, and I still have activity in the air lock.
My problem is that I don't have a cylinder container to use my hydrometer. I never took a gravity of the wort before I pitched the yeast either. I don't have a thief. I am using a 6.5 gallon carboy.
I have been keeping my house at 68F. I'm just not exactly sure to bottle it now. Any ideas? Should I just wait til there is no activity for 2-3 days then bottle it?
Also I know oxygenation is bad. How do you check gravity on consecutive days using a thief without aerating it? Once you pop the top and let all the CO2 out, and recap it, and if it is really done, you will have all that oxygen sitting on top of it while you wait to another reading the next day?
My problem is that I don't have a cylinder container to use my hydrometer. I never took a gravity of the wort before I pitched the yeast either. I don't have a thief. I am using a 6.5 gallon carboy.
I have been keeping my house at 68F. I'm just not exactly sure to bottle it now. Any ideas? Should I just wait til there is no activity for 2-3 days then bottle it?
Also I know oxygenation is bad. How do you check gravity on consecutive days using a thief without aerating it? Once you pop the top and let all the CO2 out, and recap it, and if it is really done, you will have all that oxygen sitting on top of it while you wait to another reading the next day?