High Gravity Beer and Bottling?

McBrewskie said:

I have a Oaked Bourbon Porter going. Just moved it to secondary after 2 weeks. OG 1.096 and it is currently at 1.028, is that too high. Gonna leave it for a month, will I need to repitch or anything when I bottle? It's currently at 11% abv and I used White Labs English Ale yeasties.

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ParadiseBeer said:

You are at 8.9%, (1.096-1.028)*131=8.9%. that being said, how did you hop it? It should drop to 1.020 to 1.018 but don't expect it to get to low. Also I wonder about you mash temp, more then 152* and it will stay high. I hope you mashed lower and did all grain. Don't worry about it and if you still think it's to high, hit it with some bourbon when you bottle it.

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ParadiseBeer said:

Yep, this is why it's good to do all grain. You would have control over the amount of fermentable sugars. It will still be a good beer, I would just not expect it to go much lower. Just for the safe side I would still let it chill in secondary for two weeks. I would hit it some dry hops one week out of bottling..... omg I am going toss my iPad out the F$&!king window! Swype does not work on the iPad, FYI

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seabass07 said:

I just mean that there isn't a problem bottling it. Also no need to pitch more yeast. Like Paradisebeer said, if your OG was 1.096, you are still at an ABV that the yeast can handle.

Definitely do the oak and bourbon. It will be good!

I just did an bourbon vanilla porter and ended up with a FG of 1.012. It tasted great after just a week in primary. It's sitting on vanilla right now. I'm having a hard time staying away from it.

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