What's kind of ironic is that my first batch was an APA and I didn't take a SG before deciding to bottle - just did the one week primary 2 week secondary rotation. It turned out to be a great session beer by all accounts, but another week would have helped a lot. The FG was 20 when it should...
@ Golddiggie - This is a clone recipe for Stone IPA. This is just my my second batch (after 3 batches just 18 years ago! ;-) so I figured why not shoot for the moon as a starting point? ;-) There is a ton of malt in this one - 5 lbs. DME and 4 lbs LME.
Good info on leaving it on the yeast -...
I transferred my IPA from primary to secondary. The OG was 75, higher than the 71-072 the recipe called for. Primary fermentation was extremely active but I didn't do transfer until today, 9 days after boil. On transfer today the gravity is 12! The FG is supposed to be 17-18 per the recipe. The...