maltoftheearth
Well-Known Member
This weekend I went to bottle a lager that started fermentation on October 19th and after a week of strong fermentation I pulled the carboy from my temperature controlled freezer for a diacetyl rest at room temperature. The gravity reading was 1.020 and BeerSmith indicates that 1.017 is ideal.
Original gravity was around 1.055 and the yeast is a mix of Wyeast Bohemian Lager (2124) and Czech Pils (2278.)
I decided not to bottle at this point. I sloshed the beer around in the carboy to agitate the yeast and hope this gets me closer to my ideal FG. If the gravity doesn't drop any further in the next 5-6 days should I just go ahead and bottle?
Is there any problem with bottling when you haven't hit your intended FG?
Original gravity was around 1.055 and the yeast is a mix of Wyeast Bohemian Lager (2124) and Czech Pils (2278.)
I decided not to bottle at this point. I sloshed the beer around in the carboy to agitate the yeast and hope this gets me closer to my ideal FG. If the gravity doesn't drop any further in the next 5-6 days should I just go ahead and bottle?
Is there any problem with bottling when you haven't hit your intended FG?