Should this be safe to bottle

[Daniel Audette]

Hello all,

This is my first brew is a long time. (20 yrs). I had only done 3 or 4 kits before. They where similar to wine kits which was all liquid add water and your done. I am doing an extract brew and thinking of doing a couple times get back into it. Then I want to switch to all grain biab.

My starting gravity was 1042 started Aug 27 and when I took a reading last night it was down to 1008. There is still active fermentation (bubbles in my thief) is it safe to bottle seeing my gravity is so low?

 

[Velnerj]

Finishing gravity doesn't tell you much unless you've brewed this beer many times before. One way to be sure is to check the gravity again in 2-3 days and if the measurements are the same then its done.

In the future (because it's too late now) you can try a fast ferment test (look it up) and that'll tell you what the finishing gravity will be.

Cheers and enjoy your beer.

 

[bucketnative]

Bubbles in your thief is not necessarily a sign of active fermentation. It only means that CO2 is coming out solution, much like the beer bubbles in your glass.