A couple of things...

[dan_olo]

Just a quick post to ask another couple of questions of you more experienced brewers. 'Fixby First' has now been in primary for 10 days. OG was 1045, now down to 1018. I added a teaspoon of Young's Yeast Nutrient two days ago when it seemed to be stuck at 1020ish. Temperature has been a pretty constant 20oC. My questions are:

1. Assuming I get another reading of 1018 tomorrow, can I safely bottle this now? The gravity is a little higher than I anticipated but it's now been 10 days and I think I should be bottling. What would happen if I roused, perhaps pitched another sachet of Safale and left it until the weekend? Can you leave a brew in primary fermentation for too long?

2. I have had a couple of sneaky tasters from the FV and both times the beer seems pretty well carbonated. I don't want to overprime and end up with a glass of froth at the end of it. Does priming with 60g of glucose seem reasonable?


Thanks for your help!

[dan_olo]

Thanks DaaB, excellent advice as ever. Haven't got hold of any plastic reseals yet but will take a trip to Wilkinson to see if they have any.

With the PET bottles I assume you just use the screwcap which was originally on the bottle?