How long before I bottle.

[andyh]

Hi all, my Coopers Australian Lager finished fermenting yesterday. How long do I have before I have to bottle.

The reason I ask is I'm awaiting delivery of my bottle tree/drainer. Delivery taking longer than expected :nono: , should I wait or should I get on with it steralizing bottles in the sink.

Cheers

Andy.

 

[Eric_S]

How long since you started the beer? I normally give it two weeks start to finish, even though most activity is over after a week or so.

 

[eggman]

Hi andy, how long has it been in the fermenter? If it's been 2 weeks or more i'd either rack it off to another fv to get it off the trub or i would go ahead and bottle it :

 

[andyh]

Hi, it's been in the fermentor for 1 week and hydrometer is reading 1010

 

[Eric_S]

I think you'll be ok for another week then!

 

[andyh]

Cheers mate, I'll wait for my drainer to arrive then. It's my first bottling and just want to be as easy as poss'.

Can't wait :drink:

 

[BrewSage1985]

Yeah another week or 2 for conditioning and clearing of the beer. It won't harm your beer at all, quite the opposite, it'll do it some good and give the yeast time to clean up.

 

[andyh]

My only real concern was I didn't know how long I could leave it and still get fizzy beer when I bottle it. Does that make sense.

 

[graysalchemy]

Just keep an eye on it. Beer is prone to infection this time of year with fruit flys and warm muggy weather. I usually ferment for a week drop into secondry once fermentation has stopped and bottle a week later so about 2 weeks. Don't let it hang around though unless it has a high abv ie above 7-8%.