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Basic question about gravity testing
That makes me feel better 
I read in another thread that a FG of 1.02 is asking for a bottle bomb, and that it should ideally be below 1.015.
For the record, this is the recipe:
6 lb plain light dry malt extract
.5 lb carapils
.5 crystal (60L)
2 oz Cascade hops (pellets)
1 pkg SafAle yeast
During my bottling days, I always used 3/4 cup corn sugar, regardless of the beer. I never once had a bottle blow up.
As I said, just let it go for another couple days, and see where the gravity is. You might even check it tomorrow, the day after, and the next. Has it stayed the same? Then it's done. Has it gone down just a little? 2 weeks is plenty. I think my maximum ever was 15 days.
Are you going to put it into secondary, or immediately bottle?
I'm planning to go straight to bottle.
Sounds like everything is going as planned. Let us know how the beer turns out....oh and for those hard to open buckets http://www.midwestsupplies.com/products … rodID=4220This is a must have for any brewer 
What an awesome tool! I will have to check out the local shop to see if I can get one. The lid gets easier to snap on every time it is taken off, but even hubby had a devil of a time removing it so I don't feel so bad.
I took another gravity reading.. still at 1.02. Looks like it's bottling day this Sunday!
After reading my notes I realized I failed to adjust the SG on the forum (they are in my notes); the SG has been 1.021 for the last two readings. I was reading my brewing books this morning and I'm worried about bottling again. How do I know if it's not just a stalled fermentation?
I gently swirled the fermenter around a couple times to stir up the yeast a bit. In around 10 hours the 3 piece airlock (which I had removed, cleaned & replaced last night) is showing some movement; the thimble-like part that covers the tube with its lower edge under water has risen up so it is against the cap that covers the whole thing, so I'm assuming there is still a little bit of activity. I think I'm going to bypass bottling this weekend. I'm not so much in a hurry to get this batch in a bottle as to risk bottle bombs
When I originally brewed this batch, I used 5 gallons water total because when I poured the wort in the bucket & added the rest of the 5 gal water bottle I used to brew, it looked close enough to the 5 gal line. So I suppose I might also be a bit short on the water which I'm assuming could affect the SG.
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