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I recently brewed a Texas Cream Ale with the following ingredients:
1 LB Texas Malt 2 Row
8 oz 6 Row Malt
1.5 LB Flaked Corn
0.25 oz Sterling Hops, @ 10 minutes
0.75 oz Sterling Hops, @ 50 minutes
5 LB Pilsen Light LME
Dry Yeast - SafAle US-05
OG should be 1.050
FG should be 1.008
I mashed the partial grains at 154F for 60 minutes, sparged, then added the LME and boiled for 60 minutes. Cooled to 68F. I did hit the original specific gravity target of 1.050
and pitched the yeast. I had good fermentation going within 12 hours. It's been 7 days now and it appears that fermentation has stopped with a FG of 1.016. Not the 1.008 target.
Should I do something to get the desired FG? If I bottle now at 1.008 won't the beer be too sweet?
Note: I'm a novice. This is my 4th brew. All have been very good. Have always hit my OG/FG targets.
Thanks for your help in advance.
1 LB Texas Malt 2 Row
8 oz 6 Row Malt
1.5 LB Flaked Corn
0.25 oz Sterling Hops, @ 10 minutes
0.75 oz Sterling Hops, @ 50 minutes
5 LB Pilsen Light LME
Dry Yeast - SafAle US-05
OG should be 1.050
FG should be 1.008
I mashed the partial grains at 154F for 60 minutes, sparged, then added the LME and boiled for 60 minutes. Cooled to 68F. I did hit the original specific gravity target of 1.050
and pitched the yeast. I had good fermentation going within 12 hours. It's been 7 days now and it appears that fermentation has stopped with a FG of 1.016. Not the 1.008 target.
Should I do something to get the desired FG? If I bottle now at 1.008 won't the beer be too sweet?
Note: I'm a novice. This is my 4th brew. All have been very good. Have always hit my OG/FG targets.
Thanks for your help in advance.