gravity question

[kfgolfer]

I am making a honey Amber ale and the OG was around 1.045. It has been in primary for 9 days now. I still get about 3-4 bubbles a minute but for the last two days, the FG has been 1.018. Is this low enough? do you think ferm is over? The recipe I used did not state the OG or FG to aim for..

 

[RichBrewer]

A lot of factors go into this. 1.018 sounds a bit high for a wort that started at 1.045.
Questions:
What type yeast are you using?
What is the fermentation temperature?
What type extract/grains are in the recipe?
What procedures did you use to make the wort?

 

[david_42]

I'd agree, you should see 1.012. Is there any honey in it? That can change the fermentation.

 

[kfgolfer]

yes. there is 2 lbs of honey in it!! will the beer still taste ok with just a lower alcohol content? or is it ruined?

 

[gruntingfrog]

3-4 bubbles per minute is still active fermentation.
If you bottle that now... BOOOOM.

I've had a brew take 12 days to finish fermenting.
Leave it until that airlock is inactive then take your reading and bottle.

 

[kfgolfer]

ok. but I wasn't going to bottle now, I was going to rack it to secondary for a couple of weeks

 

[gruntingfrog]

In that case, go ahead. It will finish out in secondary and you'll be fine.