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I was hoping for some advice on a couple of questions.
I have a Youngs european lager which has been in fv for 18 days, gravity seemed to settle around 1.010 after 2 weeks and I dry hopped it with a tea made from cascade pellets.
It has now crept down to 1.008 last couple of days readings. ( I think, i've included a pic - funny, most examples of how to read a hydrometer show meniscus the other way round ? ).
There are still a few bubbles in trial jar but I'm tempted to bottle it now ?
I was all ready to start bottling a couple of days ago but it surprised me with how active it seemed ( wondered if that was an effect of the hop tea ? )
hence I held off but I'd already sterilised two cases of new bottles - am I going to have to re-sterilise them ?
My other thought was to rack of the lager into the new bottling fv with tap, stick an airlock on it and leave a few days before adding priming sugar and bottling,
having learnt my lesson and checked the gravity first before getting everything else prepped !
Sample looked and tasted very promising !
I have a Youngs european lager which has been in fv for 18 days, gravity seemed to settle around 1.010 after 2 weeks and I dry hopped it with a tea made from cascade pellets.
It has now crept down to 1.008 last couple of days readings. ( I think, i've included a pic - funny, most examples of how to read a hydrometer show meniscus the other way round ? ).
There are still a few bubbles in trial jar but I'm tempted to bottle it now ?
I was all ready to start bottling a couple of days ago but it surprised me with how active it seemed ( wondered if that was an effect of the hop tea ? )
hence I held off but I'd already sterilised two cases of new bottles - am I going to have to re-sterilise them ?
My other thought was to rack of the lager into the new bottling fv with tap, stick an airlock on it and leave a few days before adding priming sugar and bottling,
having learnt my lesson and checked the gravity first before getting everything else prepped !
Sample looked and tasted very promising !