On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 04:55:23 GMT, some girl <aiming@your.head> wrote:
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>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]

I use 3-5 days, bubbles usually down to 1/ 5-30 seconds. It isn't
critical . . .