When to bottle by the bubble question

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JammyBStard

When to bottle by the bubble question

Post by JammyBStard » Wed Nov 26, 2008 2:15 am

I'm very new to all this, but i've read that I should bottle my beer when i've measured the SG staying the same over two days, this makes sense and its exactly what I did and thats all hunkey dory. I have a second vesel (demijon) from the same brew which was still fermenting readily when I bottled my main brew so i've left it a few days and its starting to slow right down now. i'm currently getting no more than one bubble a min through the airlock.

So SG aside what sort of bubble rate through the lock should i be seeing when it's time to bottle?

Or a better way of thinking about it might be, what bubble rate through the lock should i start taking SG readings?

Parva

Re: When to bottle by the bubble question

Post by Parva » Wed Nov 26, 2008 2:28 am

Ideally, when it stops bubbling altogether. There's no harm leaving a brew for a couple of weeks in a primary.

JammyBStard

Re: When to bottle by the bubble question

Post by JammyBStard » Wed Nov 26, 2008 2:36 am

Parva wrote:Ideally, when it stops bubbling altogether. There's no harm leaving a brew for a couple of weeks in a primary.
will I stll get a good carbonisation in the bottle if I do this?

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