ballegre
Well-Known Member
I have a high gravity hefe in the bottle now (OG 1.065, FG 1.019). I gave it 4 weeks in primary (3068 yeast). FG was stuck for about 2 weeks so I just bottled. After 2 weeks it was way too sweet. Waited a week and it's much better now. I'm going to give it another week and I expect it to be great. I realize yeast is consuming the simple sugars and producing CO2 for carbonation but I'm wondering what else the little beasts are doing.
1) If I bottle (and prime) a brew with a higher than it should be FG, can the SG actually drop below FG while conditioning?
2) Does bottle conditioning also restart fermentation?
3) If I were to take a SG reading out of bottle would it be valid or does the carbonation create a false reading?
4) Does higher SG always equate to perceived "sweetness"?
Appreciate any pointers to further study.
Thanks in advance.
1) If I bottle (and prime) a brew with a higher than it should be FG, can the SG actually drop below FG while conditioning?
2) Does bottle conditioning also restart fermentation?
3) If I were to take a SG reading out of bottle would it be valid or does the carbonation create a false reading?
4) Does higher SG always equate to perceived "sweetness"?
Appreciate any pointers to further study.
Thanks in advance.