Safe to bottle?

[JonBrew]

I'm .002 at the most away from my target FG. Should be 1.014 and i'm at 1.015/6. Normally i'd wait but i'm not going to get anothet chance to bottle for about a month so is it safe to bottle now, or could they explode?

 

[RM-MN]

leave it for another month. It won't hurt the beer to go that much longer, not nearly as much as exploding bottles would.

 

[CUrchin]

Personally, as long as it's been a reasonable amount of time I'd have no issue bottling if it's that close. Best practice would be to make sure that gravity is stable a few days apart. Up to you, YRMV.

 

[JonBrew]

Thanks to both. To be fair, there are a few foamy looking bubbles on the surface of the wort. May indicate some residual fermentation taking place?

 

[aslander]

Not necessarily. The only way to tell would be to do another gravity check a couple days after the previous.

 

[JonBrew]

Sound. Thanks to all for input!

 

[Gameface]

How long has it been fermenting?

 

[JonBrew]

How long has it been fermenting?

Three weeks in total. The fermentation stuck halfway (1.020) and I pitched more yeast. It got going again but took a while. Target FG is 1.14.

Whats your thoughts?

 

[fartinmartin]

That was too soon to be pitching more yeast ! The first lot may just have been having a break .

 

[JonBrew]

It was two weeks in total. Still too soon? I used the same yeast, surely it cant do any harm?

 

[fartinmartin]

Yeast don't have calendars and dates, they do it their way.
Not sure about harm , but not necessary.
So many other factors, like temperature, airation, OG , mash temps and on. I would have just warmed it up a few degrees and waited several weeks after you thought it had stopped.