If I bottle my beer after 2 weeks in the carboy (fermenting)?
I'm an over-the-road truck driver and am usually on the road for about 3 weeks out of the month. Usually, I brew shortly after I get home, let it sit in the carboy for the rest of that week and the 3 weeks, or so, that I'm on the road and then bottle when I get home.
I don't do the secondary fermentation thing, after reading up about it here, I just leave it in the primary until ready to bottle. Due to some difficulties with getting my truck serviced, I'm coming up on 2 weeks in the carboy and was wondering if there is any reason I can't bottle it now? I HAVEN'T taken a gravity reading yet - as I said it usually sits for about 5 weeks so I'm not in the habit of disturbing the beer whilst it's fermenting - but IF I've reached my target OG, does anybody see a problem with bottling this soon?
I don't HAVE to bottle now, but my pipeline is severely depleted after the winter, and it would be nice for it to be ready to drink when I get home next month!
I'm an over-the-road truck driver and am usually on the road for about 3 weeks out of the month. Usually, I brew shortly after I get home, let it sit in the carboy for the rest of that week and the 3 weeks, or so, that I'm on the road and then bottle when I get home.
I don't do the secondary fermentation thing, after reading up about it here, I just leave it in the primary until ready to bottle. Due to some difficulties with getting my truck serviced, I'm coming up on 2 weeks in the carboy and was wondering if there is any reason I can't bottle it now? I HAVEN'T taken a gravity reading yet - as I said it usually sits for about 5 weeks so I'm not in the habit of disturbing the beer whilst it's fermenting - but IF I've reached my target OG, does anybody see a problem with bottling this soon?
I don't HAVE to bottle now, but my pipeline is severely depleted after the winter, and it would be nice for it to be ready to drink when I get home next month!