I brewed a Scottish Wee Heavy two weeks ago and added an extra pound of honey. OG was 1.095 and racked to the secondary after one week and the gravity was 1.044. Shouldn't my gravity be lower at this point. This would come out to about a 6.2% abv. Will it continue to ferment further in the secondary?
not fermenting out all the way
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It's too late now, but for next time remember to not rack to secondary until the beer is finished fermenting.
Is the gravity still dropping? Have you checked it over several days?
Is the gravity still dropping? Have you checked it over several days?
Maybe. You removed most of the yeast when you racked, so you set it back a bit. Leave it alone and check it in 3-4 days and see if it's still dropping. If it is, that's good news.
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You can add yeast, but wait a bit. The yeast you have may not be done yet, and sometimes adding yeast when you already have a fairly high ABV is tricky. Wait until the SG doesn't move any more, over several days, then we'll brainstorm up some things to do.
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