Dr_Gordon_Freeman
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Recipe: Northern Brewer Phat Tyre extract kit
OG: 1.052, exactly as called for in instructions
Yeast: Wyeast Belgian Abbey II
Temp hovering around 65-70 deg F
I just took my first gravity reading of the beer since I put it in the fermenter. It's had 16 days in so far and is at 1.017. I must say even this early and without carbonation it tastes almost exactly like my tastebuds remember Fat Tire to be! Perhaps it's slightly lighter in body and color.
I know it's just my first reading, but I thought that the FG would end up lower. There isn't any activity in the fermenter, so I doubt it will drop too much from here. I swirled the fermenter a bit to stir up the yeasties, and am planning to wait another week.
If it remains at this gravity after another week, should I be concerned about bottle bombs and such? Do some beers just not go below this gravity level by nature?
OG: 1.052, exactly as called for in instructions
Yeast: Wyeast Belgian Abbey II
Temp hovering around 65-70 deg F
I just took my first gravity reading of the beer since I put it in the fermenter. It's had 16 days in so far and is at 1.017. I must say even this early and without carbonation it tastes almost exactly like my tastebuds remember Fat Tire to be! Perhaps it's slightly lighter in body and color.
I know it's just my first reading, but I thought that the FG would end up lower. There isn't any activity in the fermenter, so I doubt it will drop too much from here. I swirled the fermenter a bit to stir up the yeasties, and am planning to wait another week.
If it remains at this gravity after another week, should I be concerned about bottle bombs and such? Do some beers just not go below this gravity level by nature?