Can I bottle at 1.012

[justo05]

Hay guys I'm new here just wondering ive put a coopers lager down 8days ago checks it yesterday it was reading 1.012 then checkt it today same reading just wondering if it reads 1.012 again tomorrow is it safe to bottle thanks hope that makes sence.

 

[RUNningonbrew]

Yes that is the proper way to do it

 

[justo05]

Hay guys I'm new here just wondering ive put a coopers lager down 8days ago checks it yesterday it was reading 1.012 then checkt it today same reading just wondering if it reads 1.012 again tomorrow is it safe to bottle thanks hope that makes sence.

Dose it have to get to 1.008 as thay say

 

[woozy]

The idea is that if it's stabalized then it is finished and 1.012 is the final gravity that it's going to reach and it won't reach 1.008. At least that's the theory.

 

[justo05]

Cool thanks il bottle it in the morning

 

[unionrdr]

Well,the proper way to check it is to take a hydrometer reading one day,then wait till the 2nd or third day past & check it again. If the numbers match,it's at FG. Giving it 3-7 days after that to clean up by products of fermentation & settle out clear or slightly misty will give better beer & less trub in the bottles.

 

[tacks]

That's the fastest lager I've ever heard of... Usually you've got weeks of fermentation at low and controlled temperatures. Patience is a virtue with brewing, I never bottle any sooner than 2 weeks even if it reaches the FG 8 or 9 days in. It's gonna be in bottles for at least another two weeks, what difference is 4 or 5 days? Just my 2 cents.

 

[smizak]

That's the fastest lager I've ever heard of... Usually you've got weeks of fermentation at low and controlled temperatures. Patience is a virtue with brewing, I never bottle any sooner than 2 weeks even if it reaches the FG 8 or 9 days in. It's gonna be in bottles for at least another two weeks, what difference is 4 or 5 days? Just my 2 cents.

I regularly bottle ales and lagers after a week of primary and a day or so of cold crashing. The difference? I can tell the difference between week 1 of drinking a nice hoppy beer and week 2. Beer is best fresh, why age it needlessly?

 

[glugglug]

It's a lager? How can it be done in 8 days?

What yeast did you use, and what temp did you ferment at?

 

[unionrdr]

If it was the Cooper's OS Lager,it uses ale yeast. So it's a light pale ale.

 

[tacks]

I regularly bottle ales and lagers after a week of primary and a day or so of cold crashing. The difference? I can tell the difference between week 1 of drinking a nice hoppy beer and week 2. Beer is best fresh, why age it needlessly?

Because if you haven't let it finish, you have bottle bombs, and it doesn't sound like the poster has enough experience to know if it's done fermenting, else this thread wouldn't exist. I'm not trying to be argumentative, that's just how I've read and been taught to brew.

Thank you union for the possible explanation on an 8 day lager.

 

[justo05]

Sorry but like I said I'm new to this stuff ha ha it was brewing at 25 like isaid I'm new now I now leave it longer and lower temps get better beer thanks

 

[justo05]

I regularly bottle ales and lagers after a week of primary and a day or so of cold crashing. The difference? I can tell the difference between week 1 of drinking a nice hoppy beer and week 2. Beer is best fresh, why age it needlessly?

That's what I think but I am new to brewing