I just started secondary fermentation on a batch of english brown ale. My starting gravity was 1.040 and my gravity after primary fermentation
was 1.014. Can I expect any decrease in the S.G during secondary fermentation? If so, how much I plan to leave it in the secondary for a week at room temp before bottling.
Most of the ales that I have done have been 1 week in the primary and 1 week in the secondary. It sounds like you ar right about there. The best bet is to wait about a week, then take 3 gravity readings every other day. If the readings don't change, then you're done, bottle and wait about 2 more weeks and enjoy. Make sure the temp is relativey the same for each of your readings.
Cheers Michael Herrenbruck Drag> I just started secondary fermentation on a batch of english brown ale.
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According to BJCP guide, there are 3 types of English Brown Ale: Mild, Southern and Northern, your OG takes the mild out but you can either make a Southern (OG: 1.035-1.042 FG: 1.011-1.014) or a Northern (OG: 1.040-1.052 FG: 1.008-1.013). So it may still go lower but not by much depending how well your primary fermentation was finish.
Maybe a point or 2...maybe not. You can leave it in secondary a couple weeks if you like.
-------->Denny
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