Hello All,
So I brewed a MoreBeer Sweet Stout kit 4 weeks ago now. Everything went well until I decided to bottle after my regular schedule of fermentation. 4 or so days in a primary and another 10 - 14 days in a secondary then bottle. I now see why Im supposed to take SG readings a few days in a row before bottling. Last year i brewed a German Alt that i bottled a little too soon and am still drinking the best beer I've brewed to date in a glass 2 times the volume to allow for the extra head. So, as I'm transferring the sweet stout to the bottling bucket i take a gravity reading and its about 10 points or so too high. At this point i have already added my cooled priming sugar to the batch in the bottom of the bucket. i then proceed to finish transferring to the bucket and then right back into the carboy it all goes. Im just wondering if there's any way to guess what my new FG is going to be. I certainly will be taking a gravity reading for 3 or more days until I bottle this one. Sure wish i had a keg!
OG was 1.051- Checked gravity at supposed bottle time at 1.021 added 3.9 oz corn sugar and back into the carboy, been there 2 weeks now. FG is supposed to be 1.010. Will check gravity later today, but seems to still be producing bubbles every now and again.
So I brewed a MoreBeer Sweet Stout kit 4 weeks ago now. Everything went well until I decided to bottle after my regular schedule of fermentation. 4 or so days in a primary and another 10 - 14 days in a secondary then bottle. I now see why Im supposed to take SG readings a few days in a row before bottling. Last year i brewed a German Alt that i bottled a little too soon and am still drinking the best beer I've brewed to date in a glass 2 times the volume to allow for the extra head. So, as I'm transferring the sweet stout to the bottling bucket i take a gravity reading and its about 10 points or so too high. At this point i have already added my cooled priming sugar to the batch in the bottom of the bucket. i then proceed to finish transferring to the bucket and then right back into the carboy it all goes. Im just wondering if there's any way to guess what my new FG is going to be. I certainly will be taking a gravity reading for 3 or more days until I bottle this one. Sure wish i had a keg!
OG was 1.051- Checked gravity at supposed bottle time at 1.021 added 3.9 oz corn sugar and back into the carboy, been there 2 weeks now. FG is supposed to be 1.010. Will check gravity later today, but seems to still be producing bubbles every now and again.