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wstev

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I Brewed Austin home brew supply Alaskan Amber Clone using German liquid wye yeast a couple weeks ago, fermented at 63F first day and upped my controller 1F per day to 69, 8 days after starting primary, I moved it to secondary, and left everything that settled in primary, SG was at 1.0145. 7 days later, I test it again at 1.0145, target is 1.012. The beer itself tastes great, def not too sweet. In fact it tastes like my best batch so far.
Should I just bottle it? Or try to restart fermentation? Being I'm off my FG target by 1.0025.
 
Your post is very confusing.

When you say SG I think you mean FG for FINAL gravity?

Kit readings are just a general guideline of where you should end up.
Some yeasts attenuate more then others.

Being off by 2 points is not uncommon if you caramelized extra sugars in the kettle.
Make sure you take 2 readings over 3 days. Once stable you can bottle.

EDIT: I see you had the same reading after 7 days so you can go ahead and bottle, fermentation has finished.
 
If I'm reading your posted numbers correctly, You're at 1.014. That FG on a beer that recipe instructions (which are just an estimate anyway) say is supposed to finish out at 1.012 isn't off by much. Two FG readings 7 days apart with the same numbers says "done".

Personally, I'd have left it in the primary until it was finished, cold crashed and then kegged/bottled. I know of no legit reason that you'd need/want to secondary this style of brew.
 
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