gravity questions

[Carpking]

Hi Guys.
Made Nut Brown Ale on Friday night, all went well and i cooled down my wort and read 1045. Started my ferment (s-o4 yeast) and Monday morning i read 1.010. This seems very quick to me. I have read that some people rack into another fermenter for a day or two before bottling, is this advisable? Can you tell i'm the new boy?
What reading should i bottle at?

Ta.

[Neal]

I've never had S04 go that quick - some probably have though.

If you have a sterile, airlocked secondary fermenting vessel e.g.

....I'd rack it off into that at the weekend and let it clarify for a couple more weeks prior to fining (if you want to), priming and bottling.

If you haven't got one I'd bottle at the weekend straight from the FV with a little bit less sugar than recommended and go from there. It will be pretty bright anyway after a few weeks if you're using S04.

[booldawg]

I've had some fairly quick ferments recently too. Must be the central heating knocking up the temp. Oh to have proper temp control!

I'm not a fan of secondary fermentation purely because I dont like to move the beer around too much for fear of oxidisation. I have a ten day rule; ten days in primary even if its fermented out in 3 days. This will help the main body of yeat clear up any impurities 'on the way down' The yeast charachter will also benefit. I understand the risks of leaving beer around in the FV after its stopped fermenting - it leaves you alot more prone to bacterial infection as you wont have the protective krausen or CO2 blanket.

[Carpking]

Yep. Its in an airlocked fv and will go into another. Your beer looks good in there, what is it?
My yeast went nuts after about 4 hours. It lives in a room about 18 degrees.
First time i used s-04.

[Neal]

Make sure the 2ary vessel is air tight. The beer in that carbuoy was a dunkelweiss, which got infected with some nasties and turned to vinegar (poorly sterilised bottles methinks )

[Carpking]

Oh no.
I am very clean on brewdays and when bottling/kegging but i'm sure the beasties will get me one day.