High FG - Did Fermentation Finish / Options?

[JWGUNC83]

Hello;
My 1st post, though a frequent lurker here.

I'm doing my 2nd BIAB batch,(3rd overall) a Oatmeal Stout. It been a bit of an adventure as I don't yet have handle on my process.

The problem, if it is a problem is my FG. Its at 1.024 after 16 days at 64F in primary. I assumed fermentation would be done but now I'm thinking its not.
I jumped the gun and have transferred the beer to my bottling bucket. However, I could keep it going as a secondary, though not ideal as to much head space.

Do I have options? Do I just bottle and hope for the best? And hope I don't make bottle bombs if fermatation kicks up in the bottle.

Stats:
5# 2 row
.75" flatked Oats
.5# C40
.25 Chocolate
.25 Roasted Barley

Mashed 60min at 153F. Dunk sparge at 170 (forget strike temp but hit the sparge temp dead on). Pitched Nottingham (rehydrated) at 76F (ouch, I now know it was high).

OG was 1.073 (adjusted for temp). I backed into an estimated efficiency of somewhere around 85%. I forgot to take a pre-boil reading.

 

[Piratwolf]

Looks like you got about 67% attenuation, which IS a little low for Nottingham, but at the same time a mash temp of 153 added to the unfermentables in your crystal malt & etc make it plausible. Not the end of the world, though!

 

[RM-MN]

If it were mine I would put a lid on the bottling bucket with an airlock and warm that brew up for a few days to see if it wouldn't finish lower. I've been doing that with mine and they have finished lower than projected.

 

[daksin]

Yea, I would warm it up to 70ish or a little warmer- shouldn't throw any weird flavors now. Rouse up the yeast a bit. If it's really seriously stuck, I've had luck boiling a little sugar (ounce or two) with some baker's yeast for nutrient, and tossing that in to the warm, roused beer.

 

[JWGUNC83]

Thanks for the responses.

Oh well, I'll just have to write this up under lessons learned. Before jumping into the bottling process, take a series of gravity readings. I think I've read that about a thousand times in various posts on this forum. You'd think it would sink in. I was so gung-ho to get it done I didn't stop and think.

Patience young Grasshopper.

 

[JWGUNC83]

Quick follow-up. I might of made the wrong call, but I went ahead and bottled. I tasted a sample of the beer (from hydrometer tube), and it actually tasted pretty good. Its heavy but it doesn't come across as sweet as there's alot of bitterness from the barley (I'm guessing?).

Its only a 2.8Gal batch, so figured I'd give it a go and see what happens.