some girl wrote:[color=blue]
>
> This is my first batch of beer.
> I have used about 7# of amber malt and 1 ounce of Progress hops with
> an ale yeast. I have "The Joy of Home Brewing" 3rd edition as my
> guide.
> The primary fermeter is a plastic 8 gal bucket with bubbler attached
> on top. It is now going at a rate of about 60/min after 24 hours.
> Initial SG was 1.050.
> My question is when do you know it's time to transfer to the glass
> carboy for the secondary fermentation? I don't want to open it until
> that time but I do sniff the bubbler :)
> Thanks for any assistance.[/color]

Well, there'a absolutely nothing wrong with opening the fermenter to
take a peek or a gravity reading, but in general give it a couple weeks
to be sure. Don't rush it...you'll be sorry! Just be patient and let
your beer do what it's gonna do. Many people don't even bother with a
secondary.

-------->Denny
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Life begins at 60 - 1.060, that is.

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