Secondary Fermentation

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FensterBos

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I just racked my IPA to a secondary for some dry hopping (after 14 days in the primary). The OG was 1.076; I just measured the FG and it was 1.020. Should I expect further fermentation and a drop in FG during secondary/dry hopping?

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No, not really. Once you rack the beer off of the yeast cake, you generally don't get much further fermentation. You may drop a couple of points, but normally you don't want to rack until the beer is at FG.
 
Depending on a lot of factors it could have just been done at 1.020 (after 2 weeks that is probably the case). But no you won't get anything more.
 

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