Bottle conditioning belgian dubel

[homebrewnewbie]

Since the final gravity is about 1017, can I just go from the primary to the bottle w/out priming?

 

[ColoHox]

What yeast did you use, and what was the SG? You risk bombs at that gravity, IMO.

 

[zachattack]

If that's the final gravity, it's not going to go any lower and produce carbonation. If that's not the actual final gravity, it's risky. Wait for it to finish, then bottle with a measured amount of sugar. I don't see any advantage to bottling now other than impatience.

 

[homebrewnewbie]

I think the fg is actually about 1012. SG was 1080. Using Belgian ale blend from white labs, 77% attenuation and medium-high flocc. I wa curious because i see "bottle fermented" ales an was wondering how to go about doing that. I'll probably just bottle it normally.

 

[ColoHox]

I wa curious because i see "bottle fermented" ales an was wondering how to go about doing that. I'll probably just bottle it normally.

This refers to adding sugar and bottling, resulting in bottle-conditioned or bottle fermented beer. This is only done once you reach final gravity though and is probably your normal process for bottling beer.

 

[Cyclman]

If you've made the beer many times and have a highly accurate digital hydrometer, you might be able to bottle the beer 004 gravity over FG and accomplish this- but there's little gain and too much risk to be worth it.