cyfan964
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First time brewer here working on a simple amber ale. First step of the fermentation went great. I had the beer in the bucket for three days and the hydrometer reading dropped by half from the original 1.042 so I switched it over to the carboy as instructed. My ale has now been in the carboy for 10 days and the reading is at a 1.018 which is slightly above the suggested 1.008-1.012 range. I thus transfered the brew back into my newly sanitized bucket hopefully to stir up some yeast to ferment it a bit more. Was this a smart thing to do? Should I just bottle it at 1.018? What did I do wrong? Any help would be greatly appreciated.