High gravity beer adding water?

[mainecanoe]

I brewed a beer that ended up with a really high FG of 1.030. I was way off the mark as then FG should have been much lower. Now the crazy question: if the beer is too sweet, could i add water to my final beer just before drinking it? My thinkinh it would bring down the gravity and maybe dilute it enough to make it taste good. Sounds weird trying to water down beer, but if improves the beer.....

Is this possible or will it oxidize the beer and just make it taste watery?

 

[BradleyBrew]

did you already bottle? have you determined the reason why you FG is high? Are you sure its high? Many big beers have FG around 1.030. I would not water the beer down. I would either drink it, if I havent bottled yet I would use methods to reduce the gravity down further, or dump it.

 

[duboman]

I brewed a beer that ended up with a really high FG of 1.030. I was way off the mark as then FG should have been much lower. Now the crazy question: if the beer is too sweet, could i add water to my final beer just before drinking it? My thinkinh it would bring down the gravity and maybe dilute it enough to make it taste good. Sounds weird trying to water down beer, but if improves the beer.....

Is this possible or will it oxidize the beer and just make it taste watery?

Adding water to your beer will only water it down, not really take the sweetness away because there is nothing fermenting the sugars away any more.

If its still in a vessel then give it a swirl or pitch more yeast and see if you can get more out of it.

How long has it been fermenting?

 

[mainecanoe]

I already swirled it with no affect and then pitched more yeast. It didnt move the gravity. As a result, i decided to bottle it.