So I’m one week into the 14-day fermentation process (according to my instructions) for my first brew attempt (Northern Brewer starter kit - Block Party Amber), and since I haven’t seen any bubbling for a couple of days decided to take a sample and measure the current F.G. I read the previous thread about measuring, and that answered a few of my questions, but I have couple of others to add:
- The beer is very cloudy… so much so that I can barely see the gravity tester in the testing vial. Is that normal?
- When I took the sample from the spigot, it never occurred to me that the airlock would work in reverse to allow additional air in. Is this a problem?
- Someone had mentioned that it was critical to sanitize the spigot after taking a sample. Why is that? If I sanitize just before bottling is that not sufficient?