If anyone is looking for an update, I took a gravity reading direct from the FV (after sanitizing everything) and all looked good, so I moved straight from the FV to bottles at the two week mark.[ I netted about 27 16oz bottled and 4 12oz bottles (the giveaways). I'll post an update once I try...
Thanks everyone for your replies! Hugely helpful to me. I'm confidently now going to skip secondary with this Cream Ale and give it an extended stay in Primary instead!
Final thoughts - it seems that leaving the FV alone until the beer is clear is the way to go. And each beer could take a...
Hi everyone,
Long time lurker, first time poster. I've been doing extract brewing for about a year now and have maybe half a dozen batches under my belt. I've gotten more into the actual process, trying to make the best batch that I can, now that the novelty has worn off. At first, I was...