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I wanted to bottle today but the gravity is still at 020 when it's supposed to be 012. It's a True Brew IPA kit.

2 cans amber LME 6.6lbs.
1 lb. Crystal malt steeped 30 min.
chinook and cascade hops
muntons dry ale yeast
I also dry hopped with more cascade.

BG was 050.

Primary for 1 week. Secondary for 2 weeks.

Gravity was 020 at transfer to secondary.

Should I go ahead and bottle?
 
I'd pitch more yeast, maybe Nottingham and give it a week. 1.020 seems to be the "spot" for stuck ferments.
 
Well, I called the guy at my LHBS(or is it LHS?) and he said to go ahead and bottle it. If I get bottle bombs, I can blame him I guess. I'm just glad it's in bottles so I can start on my next batch.:)
 
WOW thats ballsy to bottle at 20 with that kit my calcs tell me thats only 4% abv lots of sugar left to ferment. you might want to shake your fermenter warm it up a tad and let it go another week. IMO
BUT you know what they say" your not a true home brewer unless youve been woken up in the middle of the night to exploding bottles" Whoever they are.
JJ
 
ultralord said:
Well, I called the guy at my LHBS(or is it LHS?) and he said to go ahead and bottle it. If I get bottle bombs, I can blame him I guess. I'm just glad it's in bottles so I can start on my next batch.:)
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Sure you can blame him, but he won't be the one who has to clean up the shards of glass and sticky beer from your bottle bombs. I hope, for your sake, that he's right!

John
 
OK, you guys are scaring me. All my bottles are now in the tub, covered with a towel. How soon before they blow? I was going to wait a week before I opened one. Should I pop one open sooner? Or should I RDWHACB? (CB = craft brew. I don't have any homebrew yet)
 

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