Hi! First post so go easy on me, I've done a handful of kits and they've not turned out too badly given I knew nothing when I started.
I'm currently brewing a Young's American IPA kit. The kit states that dry hops should be added when the S.G. reaches 1.010 before adding dry hops.
All was going well, fermentation appeared to stop on the 7th/8th day so I gave it another 24 hours, still no airlock activity and I figured it wasn't temperature related given I have an thermostat in the bucket keeping it at 22c.
I Took an S.G. reading and it came out at 1.010, so I added the hops which the kit recommends doing at the end of fermentation or 2-3 days before bottling. I was hoping on bottling tonight given the hops were added two days ago but the thing is the brew appears way more active before adding the hops! Is this normal?
I've taken another S.G. it still appeared around the 1.010/1.009 range, the finished S.G. is stated to be below 1.007, so I take it I've messed up :-(
Question is do I leave it for another couple of days now and hope for the best, or should I bottle tomorrow if the S.G. Is still around 1.010/1.009? It's worth noting the start S.G. Was 1.112, both samples should have been at 23-24c when I took them which I know isn't ideal.
Have I messed it up, should I just wait unt the bubbling stops and take the hit on the hop flavours being lost?
I'm currently brewing a Young's American IPA kit. The kit states that dry hops should be added when the S.G. reaches 1.010 before adding dry hops.
All was going well, fermentation appeared to stop on the 7th/8th day so I gave it another 24 hours, still no airlock activity and I figured it wasn't temperature related given I have an thermostat in the bucket keeping it at 22c.
I Took an S.G. reading and it came out at 1.010, so I added the hops which the kit recommends doing at the end of fermentation or 2-3 days before bottling. I was hoping on bottling tonight given the hops were added two days ago but the thing is the brew appears way more active before adding the hops! Is this normal?
I've taken another S.G. it still appeared around the 1.010/1.009 range, the finished S.G. is stated to be below 1.007, so I take it I've messed up :-(
Question is do I leave it for another couple of days now and hope for the best, or should I bottle tomorrow if the S.G. Is still around 1.010/1.009? It's worth noting the start S.G. Was 1.112, both samples should have been at 23-24c when I took them which I know isn't ideal.
Have I messed it up, should I just wait unt the bubbling stops and take the hit on the hop flavours being lost?