My beers never seem to go below 1.014 so I am not sure what I am doing wrong but my most recent beer had a OG of 1.060 and after 2 weeks in the primary now shows 1.016 using nottingham.
I was thinking of transferring to a barrel leaving it for 2 weeks then bottling after that. Will the beer carry on fermenting to lower the OG anymore?
Cheers
Nick
High Final Gravity
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Jocky
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Re: High Final Gravity
Have you checked your hydrometer is accurate?
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Re: High Final Gravity
Extract beers tend to end up with higher F G numbers. Some extracts go lower than others. A bit of sugar in the pot would help.
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Re: High Final Gravity
That's a fairly high OG, so IMO an FG of 1.016 isn't too shabby.perryni wrote:My beers never seem to go below 1.014 so I am not sure what I am doing wrong but my most recent beer had a OG of 1.060 and after 2 weeks in the primary now shows 1.016 using nottingham.
I was thinking of transferring to a barrel leaving it for 2 weeks then bottling after that. Will the beer carry on fermenting to lower the OG anymore?
Cheers
Nick
You have had an apparent attenuation of 73% with the Nottingham yeast.
MB
FV:
Conditioning:
AG#41 - Vienna Lager - 5.6%
AG#42 - Heritage Double Ale - 10.5%
On Tap:
AG#44 - Harvest ESB - 5.4%
AG#45 - Amarillo Gold APA - 5.2%
Conditioning:
AG#41 - Vienna Lager - 5.6%
AG#42 - Heritage Double Ale - 10.5%
On Tap:
AG#44 - Harvest ESB - 5.4%
AG#45 - Amarillo Gold APA - 5.2%