Okay, here is the situation. I finished my third batch of beer and everything looks OK. This batch I try to experiment and put together different extracts and grains to make a malty amber sort of ale. The batch was in the primary for 10 days and the secondary about two weeks. OG = 1.068
So last week I break my hydrometer. While I am waiting for a new hydrometer to come in the mail I decide to bottle this batch, the other two batches I have brewed sat the same and came out great. The hydrometer comes in the mail the day after bottling so I crack open one to check the FG and it comes out as 1.024. This seems too high, but they are already bottled so now what? Am I looking at potential bombs? Is the FG OK for this type of Ale? Can I pour everything back into the carboy or do I need to pour it all down the drain . Please say it ain't so!
So last week I break my hydrometer. While I am waiting for a new hydrometer to come in the mail I decide to bottle this batch, the other two batches I have brewed sat the same and came out great. The hydrometer comes in the mail the day after bottling so I crack open one to check the FG and it comes out as 1.024. This seems too high, but they are already bottled so now what? Am I looking at potential bombs? Is the FG OK for this type of Ale? Can I pour everything back into the carboy or do I need to pour it all down the drain . Please say it ain't so!