blokeyhighlander
Active Member
I'm brewing a Red Ale (extract with steeping grains) that had an OG of 1.04 and an expected FG of 1.011 according to BeerSmith. Yeast is Nottingham.
I got everything ready to keg today on Day 24 after Cold Crashing at 38F for three days. Of course, I never took an FG reading before crashing or prepping and was pretty shocked when it read 1.02. I tasted it and yep, it was too sweet.
Do I still have a chance to save this beer? I'm warming it up now with the hopes of the yeast reactivating and trying to finish in the upper 60s. I had it at 62F for 3 weeks. This was my first experimentation with temperature control so I may have been too ambitious with the temps.
I got everything ready to keg today on Day 24 after Cold Crashing at 38F for three days. Of course, I never took an FG reading before crashing or prepping and was pretty shocked when it read 1.02. I tasted it and yep, it was too sweet.
Do I still have a chance to save this beer? I'm warming it up now with the hopes of the yeast reactivating and trying to finish in the upper 60s. I had it at 62F for 3 weeks. This was my first experimentation with temperature control so I may have been too ambitious with the temps.