Beer ended with High FG

[Kampo]

so started a beer a 3.5 weeks ago, bottled last night. OG was 1.048 Finaled at 1.017 (where is was when I left on Vacation 1.5 weeks ago also) bottled it last night, used Notty Yeast, and only thing I can think of that may of stalled the fermentation from the anticipated 1.01 is that I did use some old LME that needed to be used up in this beer.

Should I worry or is this something that just happens sometimes.

 

[Pie_Man]

If your fermentation didn't attenuate, I'd wonder more about oxygenation at pitching time and the fermentation temperature.

 

[Kampo]

fermented in the mid to upper 60s in my basement. as far as oxygenation don't think it was an issue, I did cool over night because it was a late brew night. let wort cool in the pot a bit then poored it in to the bucket to oxygenate it (let it spash a bit) and then stuck the bucket in some ice water in a sink and went to bed, threw my starter of notty in the morn before work, fermented pretty hard, almost needed a blowoff.

 

[IffyG]

FWIW, I never had an extract batch go below 1.016 and most of them stopped at 1.018. For me, it seemed the extract was the problem because as soon as I started doing partial mashes and all grain (using the exact same yeast and temperature control) I readily see 1.012. Take home message, if it's stable at 1.017, I wouldn't worry about it.

 

[Kampo]

ok sounds good, it tastes really good anyway, excited for it to finish, kinda brewed it as a session IPA/hoppy pale ale, tastes like that just a bit more sessionable than I planed being closer to 4% abv than the 4.8% I planned.