nreed
Well-Known Member
Hi all.
Currently have a Bonde Ale in the primary. OG was 1.040, using Fermentis S-04 at 17.5C, gravity was down to 1.016 by day 3. I then increased the temp up to 20C to finish. Checked again on day 5 and has only come down to 1.014 with my estimated FG in BeerSmith being 1.010.
Ideally I wanted to be bottling this on day 7 as I'm doing a virtual beer tasting with the lads mid-Feb and was hoping to brew 3 beers in 3 weeks in readiness - I only have room in the ferm chamber for 1 bucket... My other beers have always been done fermenting by day 5, at which point I leave at the increased temp until day 7 and then bottle. As much as I want to be bottling this one on day 7/8, I',m also keen that it finishes so as not to end up with a mid-3% ABV, it was designed to be low alcohol but not this much.
With this in mind, is there anything I can do to encourage it to finish up?
Currently have a Bonde Ale in the primary. OG was 1.040, using Fermentis S-04 at 17.5C, gravity was down to 1.016 by day 3. I then increased the temp up to 20C to finish. Checked again on day 5 and has only come down to 1.014 with my estimated FG in BeerSmith being 1.010.
Ideally I wanted to be bottling this on day 7 as I'm doing a virtual beer tasting with the lads mid-Feb and was hoping to brew 3 beers in 3 weeks in readiness - I only have room in the ferm chamber for 1 bucket... My other beers have always been done fermenting by day 5, at which point I leave at the increased temp until day 7 and then bottle. As much as I want to be bottling this one on day 7/8, I',m also keen that it finishes so as not to end up with a mid-3% ABV, it was designed to be low alcohol but not this much.
With this in mind, is there anything I can do to encourage it to finish up?