A question about bottling

[Luther]

Hello,

My Milestone IPA is going very slowly - it's just about made it to 1010 or thereabouts and it's been going a fortnight now (with a couple of attempts to kick it off again). Seems to have just about stopped again.

The instructions say 1008/9 is about as far as it needs to go anyway, so if I'm bottling it at that sort of reading with the normal priming sugars (80g), am I risking exploding bottles? An old book I've got says bottling at anything over about 1006/7 is risky. Should I cut back on priming sugars just in case?

I don't want a flat beer, but I guess I'd rather that than a stair cupboard that is cordoned off as a bomb threat!

[sparky Paul]

1010 is perfectly okay for the Milestone which is a 100% malt kit. You can add the recommended amount of priming sugar.

The 1006/7 target figure in the book would only apply if a single can kit had been made up with sugar.

[Luther]

Brilliant - thanks!

I need it in bottles ASAP because I finished all me Coopers bitter last night and... shock horror... I might have to buy some beer over the next couple of weeks.

[ChrisG]

1010 is perfectly okay for the Milestone which is a 100% malt kit. You can add the recommended amount of priming sugar.

The 1006/7 target figure in the book would only apply if a single can kit had been made up with sugar.

Ahhh thats why my Fixby Gold only hit 1012.

Need to remember that.