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Newbie with final gravity question.
I brewed a Brewers Best dry stout and on the the 8th day I racked it into secondary at a G of 1.020. I measured on day 14 and still G was 1.020. Now is day 15 and I just think I should bottle. My OG was 1.048. Fermentation was great until day 4 when it went silent fast, bubbles every 5 minutes or so. Day 8 nothing. Now I guess I should bottle at 1.020 even though the instruction say to bottle around 1.014-1.011. Any ideas?
1.020 is a little high to me, especially for a beer that only started at 1.048.
For future reference I would have left it in the primary for the full 15 days.
What temp did you ferment at? If it got too cool your yeast may have pooped out early. And the move to secondary didn't help because you left most of the yeast behind.
You may be risking bottle bombs I fear...
I would try and warm that thing up. This may even be an example of where I'd recommend re-pitching some active yeast.
brewchez wrote:
You may be risking bottle bombs I fear...
I would try and warm that thing up. This may even be an example of where I'd recommend re-pitching some active yeast.
i would second this. perhaps rehydrating a pack of S-04, and let that go at 70 degrees or so. the bulk of the ferment is done, so the yeast that came with the kit should have imparted the flavor profile you were looking for. A warm agressive second ferment should dry out any remaining sugar.
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