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Well I just took the gravity again at 70-72 & got 1.010 (recipe called for 1.011). (shrug) I'll take it.

@MBasile: Thanks for the tip. I'll give it one more test right before I bottle it but that temp will probably be around 70 so I'll share whether there was any variance in taking it at 70 vs 74.

@beaksnbeer: recipe called for it to be 66-76 in 2ndary & it never got above 76. @cheme: i did taste some & it didn't taste infected. @sonex: no, i didn't use any sugar. i simply followed the recipe. @calder: the yeast i used was Wyeast American Ale (1056) 125ml. @jd3: OG was taken about 80...

The target OG for my brew was 1.050 & I hit 1.047. Although the recipe called for letting it sit in the secondary for 4-10 days, based on an earlier post I made of following the recipe vs letting it sit longer to age for more flavor, I'm currently at 11 days in the secondary & now my FG...

I'm wondering whether there would be any benefits or detriments for leaving my beer in the secondary carboy longer for flavoring vs bottling it when the FG hits its mark (or at least is very close)? The beer is a Fat Tire clone (recipe) in case you want to look at the ingredients to see if...

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