theguy
Well-Known Member
My beer had been in the secondary for about 2 weeks and I decided to bottle today. After I transferred to the bottling bucket I took the final gravity reading which was 1.022 (should have been between 1.012 and 1.015). Today was my only day available to bottle for the next 2 weeks so I decided to proceed with bottling (as the beer still tasted good). This is my 3rd batch and each time my FG has been higher than the recipe calls for. After reading through this forum, the only thing I can figure out is that I am (incorrectly) adding the yeast directly to the primary before fermentation. The next time I make a batch I will plan to use a yeast starter or prepare the yeast a little better. Does anyone know if there is any other things that I should try to keep the FG lower? Cheers in advance!