Missing FG. What do?

[WaltG]

Ok...first here's the recipe:

All Grain Version*

Beer Style: Blonde Ale

Batch Size: 5.5 gallons

Original Gravity: 1.040

Final Gravity: 1.008

Bitterness: 21.5 IBU

Boiling Time: 60 Minutes

Color: 3.9 SRM

Alcohol: 4.2% ABV

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Ingredients

7.00 lbs. Pale Malt (2 Row) US

0.75 lb. Cara-Pils/Dextrine

0.50 lb. Caramel/Crystal Malt - 10L

0.50 lb. Vienna Malt

0.25 oz. Centennial (9.50%) boil for 55 min

0.25 oz. Centennial (9.50%) boil for 35 min

0.25 oz. Cascade (7.80%) boil for 20 min

0.25 oz. Cascade (7.80%) boil for 5 min

Danstar Nottingham Ale Yeast

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Directions

Mash at 150 degrees for 60 minutes. Sparge with 175F water to create enough wort to reach 5.5 gallons after the boil. Boil and add hops according to the schedule above. Chill to 68 degrees and pitch the yeast.*

I went with mangrove jack workhorse yeast.

My OG was 1.041. Now it's been stuck at 1.014 for 4 days.

Anything I can do or am I stuck with weak ass beer? Well it was going to be weak but this is ridiculous.

This is the 1st beer I've done that's this light. Most I've done have been way under FG.

 

[WaltG]

Admin please delete one. Double post

 

[dkennedy]

Try warming (if it's in a cold basement) and/or swirl the (closed) fermenter to rouse the yeast, may get a few more points. How long as it been in the fermenter? Confident that you hit your mash temps?

 

[C-Rider]

How many days did it take to get to 14?
Might be done, only 6 point off.
Let it go 3 weeks take a reading, and bottle.
Cold crash after the 3 weeks for say 5 days if you can then bottle.

 

[brew_ny]

you have an 8.75 pound grain bill 1.25 pounds is crystal and dextrine

which puts those at 14.28 % of your grain bill, your FG is where it may end up

all the best

S_M

 

[frazier]

When a recipe gives you a FG, it's just a WAG. Your yeast will tell you what's really going on.

If you really want more alcohol, add some vodka at bottling time (not a serious suggestion). Or, bottle it, drink it, enjoy it, and start planning your next batch.

Cheers!

 

[WaltG]

Last time I try to brew something that light. Gonna be weaker than buttweiser.

 

[brewprint]

It's not that far off. It'll still taste good and just have more body.

Think of it this way; every 7 or 8 that you drink you'll be 1 less as far as alcohol. I only brew 5% plus beers at this point in my life but I may make a 4.5% blonde or kolsch soon.

 

[Jawbox0]

Calibrate your thermometer for the mash too. You could be off by a couple of degrees and might have been mashing at 152 or something.

 

[brew_ny]

It's not that far off. It'll still taste good and just have more body.

Think of it this way; every 7 or 8 that you drink you'll be 1 less as far as alcohol. I only brew 5% plus beers at this point in my life but I may make a 4.5% blonde or kolsch soon.

I do British Milds that come in at 3.58 ABV that taste outstanding

you can have 4-5 pints and still feel great or have pint or two at lunch and then get job done

OP low alcohol does not have to mean tasteless

all the best

S_M

 

[brewprint]

I do British Milds that come in at 3.58 ABV that taste outstanding

you can have 4-5 pints and still feel great or have pint or two at lunch and then get job done

OP low alcohol does not have to mean tasteless

all the best

S_M

Yep lots of good beer less than 4%.

 

[WaltG]

Well bottling today and it was 1.010 so not too bad

 

[cclhuzhou]

I will look up one of the calculators online and see what they calculate to be.