abledsoe
Well-Known Member
Need some advice here...
My very first batch (Amber Ale extract kit) has been in the fermenter for 20 days today. OG was 1.043, should have been 1.050-1.054. Other than that everything seemed to be going well. Cracked it open tonight for the first time to take a reading. Came out at 1.028. My instruction sheet didn't list a target FG but this can't be right. Using their formula that gives an ABV of 1.9ish.
The beer looked really good and clear, smelled and tasted really good too. Room temperature stayed 62-64 during the entire fermentation. I REALLY need to bottle this on Saturday (which would be day #22). I plan to take another reading tomorrow, if I get the same reading is it okay to go ahead and bottle it?
I tried to do some searching on here and all I can figure is my yeast (Nottingham) stalled.
Thanks!
My very first batch (Amber Ale extract kit) has been in the fermenter for 20 days today. OG was 1.043, should have been 1.050-1.054. Other than that everything seemed to be going well. Cracked it open tonight for the first time to take a reading. Came out at 1.028. My instruction sheet didn't list a target FG but this can't be right. Using their formula that gives an ABV of 1.9ish.
The beer looked really good and clear, smelled and tasted really good too. Room temperature stayed 62-64 during the entire fermentation. I REALLY need to bottle this on Saturday (which would be day #22). I plan to take another reading tomorrow, if I get the same reading is it okay to go ahead and bottle it?
I tried to do some searching on here and all I can figure is my yeast (Nottingham) stalled.
Thanks!