supercooljt
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Hi folks, first time home brewer here. I bought a home brewing starter pack, and have attempted first batch. I used a brewing bucket and this beer kit (with brew enhancer and yeast): shorturl.at/ent12
The instructions for this state it should be left a week (until hydrometer readings are unchanged for two days) before bottling, however due to the pandemic and lack of travel my 5 day offshore trip ended up being 3 weeks and I've just got home, would I be wasting my time bottling this? I've read a few threads saying that beer can be left in the primary fermenter for a long time but I'm not sure if a brewing bucket counts?
I'm planning to use old beer bottles that I have saved, I've given these a good clean and removed all labelling - I plan to sterilize (powder came with starter pack), thoroughly rinse and then bottle with a teaspoon of sugar before capping (with sterilized caps). Am I ok to do this after significantly exceeding the time left in bucket? I used a heater cable wrap so the temperature will of been fairly consistent.
cheers
The instructions for this state it should be left a week (until hydrometer readings are unchanged for two days) before bottling, however due to the pandemic and lack of travel my 5 day offshore trip ended up being 3 weeks and I've just got home, would I be wasting my time bottling this? I've read a few threads saying that beer can be left in the primary fermenter for a long time but I'm not sure if a brewing bucket counts?
I'm planning to use old beer bottles that I have saved, I've given these a good clean and removed all labelling - I plan to sterilize (powder came with starter pack), thoroughly rinse and then bottle with a teaspoon of sugar before capping (with sterilized caps). Am I ok to do this after significantly exceeding the time left in bucket? I used a heater cable wrap so the temperature will of been fairly consistent.
cheers