Timing!

[MFED]

ok, I got the Sierra Madras kit (sierra Nevada clone kit), because my wife like Sierra Nevada and occasionally I have to prove my worth to her and make her happy.

I modified it for a 6 gallon batch (added grains and DME), kept my hops in mesh bags (because I am not an animal!) and pitched the yeast on Saturday. (I prime the dry yeast with sugar water before I tun on the boil).. 4 days later the bubbling stopped, yesterday (5 days after pitching the yeast) I throw a hydrometer in there.. 1.014, the recipe does not give an FG but the recipe states to primary ferment 1-2 weeks... But I think I am done..right?

Next question is that they say to secondary ferment for 2-4 more weeks... I have this in a conical fermenter,and want this to get in a keg....So my plan was to remove the trub, have it sit for another 10-14 days in the conical, remove the trub again and then move to a keg... and then basically start drinking and make the wife happy.... anyone see problems with this plan?

Thanks in advance.

[loopie_beer]

Beer can’t read a calendar. It’s finished when it’s finished. 1.014 isn’t too far out of ordinary with extract beers.

If you are using a conical dump the trub and let it go to “secondary.” I put that in quotes as it’s really not a secondary unless you add fermentables. Don’t do another dump unless you plan on letting it settle again for a few days. Every time you dump the trub you’ll actually have some yeast resuspended. Dumping too much will actually waste beer too.

Can you cold crash in your conical? That’s your best bet for clear beer. Let ferment, dump, let sit, cold crash and let sit, keg clear beer above the trub.