Checking on the John Bull Stout

I recently did some research into whether the 6 weeks that my previous brew spent in the fermenting bucket was too long (mostly on Jims Beer Forum - see my blogroll). It is clear that while modern yeast should be fine for up to a couple of months all being well, its certainly not advisable. I'm therefore keen to bottle my brews from now on as soon as they are finished fermenting. Therefore after a week and a half I wanted to take a look how the stout is doing:



I measured the gravity at 1.013. I didn't take an original gravity reading as I was kicking it off in a rush, but this seems pretty close already to where it needs to be. I know Phil (see my blog roll) recently bottled this same brew at 1.012. (We had a first taste of it yesterday and despite tasting a little green still, its already good after just a month.)

I will take another reading of my stout sometime in the near future , and if it hasn't moved further I will give it a gentle stir and the bottle once it is definitely not moving any further.