Kurt Cograin
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I'm brewing a 1 gal batch of Irish Red, Raubeoir in Brewing Classic Styles. The original recipe listed an OG of 1.054 and an FG of 1.014. when I scaled the recipe I made a math error and actually used something like a quarter pound of extra DME when I brewed it. (By math error I mean I just can't do math at all). The OG I got before throwing it into my fermenter was kind of wildly high, 1.091, so maybe that's not great. It's been chugging along in the Fermenter for about 2 weeks I took a reading yesterday and we're down to 1.040-ish.
Is 1.040 what I should expect? Since my extra DME should mostly ferment out (Other threads have said DME should be something like 75% fermentable) I should expect a higher FG?
Do high FG beers taste/feel like crap? Everything seems really high, I took all my hydrometer readings at just about 70°s so I don't think I'm wildly off there.
I've left it in the Fermenter but now I'm kinda freewheeling with it, like when should I bottle it?
Thanks!
Is 1.040 what I should expect? Since my extra DME should mostly ferment out (Other threads have said DME should be something like 75% fermentable) I should expect a higher FG?
Do high FG beers taste/feel like crap? Everything seems really high, I took all my hydrometer readings at just about 70°s so I don't think I'm wildly off there.
I've left it in the Fermenter but now I'm kinda freewheeling with it, like when should I bottle it?
Thanks!