trabus
Well-Known Member
I am brewing a Brewer's Best IPA kit (my second one), and was supposed to bottle last week. I hit my target OG (1.055) with no problem. I oxygenated by shaking the top off water in the jug, and then I shook the bucket once I added my rehydrated Nottingham. Primary fermentation seemed to go well (kept it between 65 and 70) and kept up for a few days. I racked to secondary after a week. I put it in my garage dry hopped it (no bag) and forgot about it for two weeks. I didn't vigilantly monitor the temperature, and it I believe it dropped to about 60 for at least part of the second week in secondary.
So I went to bottle last week and found that I was short of my target final gravity by about 5 points (target was 1.012, I was at 1.018). So I ended up not bottling, and moved the carboy into the house for a week to keep it at a regulated temp (it stuck at 65 all week) and see if I couldn't get any more fermentation out of it. It did bubble very slowly for a couple days, but completely ended all activity after about 5 days.
So I figured I was okay for bottling today. I took a sample and now I'm even further off, at 1.020. I have no idea how this could have happened. I haven't opened it since last week when I took the last sample, so the only thing I can think of would be the hop matter somehow added a couple points.
I really have no idea what to do now. Should I bottle and just keep an eye on it? Should I let it sit another week?
So I went to bottle last week and found that I was short of my target final gravity by about 5 points (target was 1.012, I was at 1.018). So I ended up not bottling, and moved the carboy into the house for a week to keep it at a regulated temp (it stuck at 65 all week) and see if I couldn't get any more fermentation out of it. It did bubble very slowly for a couple days, but completely ended all activity after about 5 days.
So I figured I was okay for bottling today. I took a sample and now I'm even further off, at 1.020. I have no idea how this could have happened. I haven't opened it since last week when I took the last sample, so the only thing I can think of would be the hop matter somehow added a couple points.
I really have no idea what to do now. Should I bottle and just keep an eye on it? Should I let it sit another week?