cherokee180c
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What are the choices to deal with incomplete fermentation? This is only my second batch (first Ale came out great) but I got a bit of a surprise on Saturday after my return from 2 weeks of business travel. I bottled my Ale that day and went to move my second batch over to a secondary carboy, which is an BB Octoberfest Lager kit (I purchased by mistake), and I found that the F.G. on my hydrometer was only down to 1.022 instead of the 1.013 to 1.016 that the kit says is normal after 14 days fermenting. I decided to gently stir up the pail to avoid oxidation, to hopefully put the yeast back into suspension and jump start fermentation again. I did see some bubbling after doing this for about a day. I decided to not touch anything and leave in the primary for 6 more days. Unfortunately I was not able to ferment at the recommended 58 degree max temperature, but the kit said that this yeast will ferment at Ale temperatures. The pail has been between, 61 degrees and 67 degrees max in my basement as far as I can tell. I intend to lager the beer at refrigerator temperatures for another 3 weeks in the secondary carboy. If I open it on Friday, and the F.G. is not down below 1.016, what are my choices to proceed?