Fg not where its supposed to be after 2.5 weeks. - Page 2

SilverZero · 11-30-2011, 03:51 AM

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Originally Posted by mikeljcarr

I did take an OG reading, but I think I did something wrong there because it read low, only 1.035. I think I may not have mixed my wort in with my water well enough.

This is very common. Some will say it's nearly impossible to get the wort and the water mixed up if you're topping off or mixing after the full boil process, so you'll be ending up with inaccurate readings.

I say time will tell, but I bet it comes out decent.

neomantra · 11-30-2011, 04:22 AM

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Originally Posted by RM-MN

If you can extract tannins just by squeezing the bag of grains, I won't want to shake hands with you. Tannin extraction requires temperature over 170 F. and a high pH. Miss one of those conditions and you cannot extract tannin.

My mistake. I swear I've read that on some recipe kits, but after some searching around the forums this is not accurate in terms of tannin extraction. However I think the primary point of my statement does hold true in that squeezing the bag shouldn't affect the FG.

bribo179 · 11-30-2011, 05:00 AM

The hardest part is patience! You can leave the beer in primary, on the yeast for a month or more with no negative effect. If you leave it on there longer it gives the test time to clean up the beer more.

I don't secondary any beer unless I am spicing it, oaking it, or it hasn't cleared enough after 3 to 4 weeks.