Time to admit defeat and keg it?

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bigdave

Time to admit defeat and keg it?

Post by bigdave » Wed Jan 06, 2010 10:28 am

For a few days my brew has had an SG of 1013. On monday night it dropped to 1012 and hasn't changed since. Ive been giving it a good stir daily for about 4 days to achieve this drop (being careful not to introduce air into the mix). Should I maintain the current routine of stirring daily to try and achieve an FG of 1010 or should I admit defeat, give it a day or two untouched to allow everything to settle down and keg at 1012? Will there be any adverse effects to kegging at 1012?

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Re: Time to admit defeat and keg it?

Post by Horatio » Wed Jan 06, 2010 10:43 am

I would keg it now. That's not a bad final SG; I dropped my last kit into a barrel at 1.014 and it has worked treat. It's been in the barrel for nearly three weeks now and I drew pint off last night to check it, I wasn't sure so I had to draw another pint off! :D It's going into the shed for a couple of weeks now to mature a bit; if it stays in the house it wont last the week! =P~

Good luck with it.
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Re: Time to admit defeat and keg it?

Post by Hawkinspm » Wed Jan 06, 2010 10:55 am

Depending on what it is, 1.012 sounds fine to me, my beers end up between 1.010 to 1.015 depending on what grain bill I have used. You should be fine!! :D

bigdave

Re: Time to admit defeat and keg it?

Post by bigdave » Wed Jan 06, 2010 11:15 am

Sorry, should have said in my 1st post. It's Woodforde's Admirals Reserve and its SG was 1039.

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