FG on an extract IPA
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Caddarn
FG on an extract IPA
Recently brewed an IPA using safale 05. OG was 1064 and now at 3 weeks in the FV it's only gone down to 1020. I had to give the bucket a swirl a week ago as the krausen hadn't settled out and I wanted to dry hop. I reckon that swirl would have roused the yeast and that 1020 might actually be my FG. I will be bottling some of this but I'm wary that the gravity is too high and I'll have some bombs on my hands... any thoughts?
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Jocky
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Re: FG on an extract IPA
To be honest while I extract brewed (up until about 3 years ago) I could never get 100% dry extract beers to hit a particularly low final gravity which is desirable for hoppy ales.
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Re: FG on an extract IPA
It depends on the extract. Briess pilsner DME ferments to just about as low as all grain.
Earlier this year I brewed a "pilsner" using just Briess pilsner DME, homegrown sterling hops and Wyeast Pacman yeast at 72f. It went from 1.050 to 1.012 and scored a 38 in a competition.
Earlier this year I brewed a "pilsner" using just Briess pilsner DME, homegrown sterling hops and Wyeast Pacman yeast at 72f. It went from 1.050 to 1.012 and scored a 38 in a competition.
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Caddarn
Re: FG on an extract IPA
I ended up putting the recipe into Beersmith and I was only .002 off its expected FG so I went ahead and bottled... Unfortunately it looks like I have an allergy to the Centennial hop so I reckon my mates are going to be happy to see me turning up with armfuls of beer to give away!