Under Attenuation & Kegged...

[jermanimal]

Can I fix this Situation.

I thought I had tested the attenuation of my Scot 80, but seems I didn't. Was supposed to finish at 1.015. Two days before I kegged it, my reading was 1.016 and I gave it another 2 days.

After a week in keg, tasted really sweet. So I took a sample, let set to get carbonation out, took another reading. My reflectometer(corrected for starting) was a showing 1.021, so I busted out the old hydrometer and it was 1.020.

Thinking what the F.

Being new to kegging, can the sugars sink in the keg?

I am thinking about transfering the beer back into carboy, warm back up, drive off carbonation for a day, hit with a little O2 and pitch another smack pack. This a totally stupid idea?

 

[Reelale]

Did you use sugar to naturally carbonate in the keg? If you did, that's the discrepancy. If you didn't, I have no clue what happened. IMHO, you would be better off doing what you need to do while it is in the keg, I wouldn't transfer partially fermented beer back into another vessel.

 

[ChshreCat]

I can't see one point making it sweet. Many of my beers taste sweet for the first weeks after they are done, but that goes away as the greenness conditions out. Might just need a little time.

I am thinking about transfering the beer back into carboy, warm back up, drive off carbonation for a day, hit with a little O2 and pitch another smack pack. This a totally stupid idea?

I would NOT hit it with O2 no matter what else you do. At this stage of the game, you don't want any O2 in your beer or it'll turn to cardboard ale! If you think this needs more time to ferment out, no need to even transfer it to a carboy. Just take it off the gas, vent the keg, let it warm up and pull the valve a couple times a day.

Personally, I doubt it needs it though. Probably just tasting sweet because it's young. IMHO

 

[ArcaneXor]

Give it more time - it's only been one week.

 

[Reelale]

I can't see one point making it sweet. Many of my beers taste sweet for the first weeks after they are done, but that goes away as the greenness conditions out. Might just need a little time.



I would NOT hit it with O2 no matter what else you do. At this stage of the game, you don't want any O2 in your beer or it'll turn to cardboard ale! If you think this needs more time to ferment out, no need to even transfer it to a carboy. Just take it off the gas, vent the keg, let it warm up and pull the valve a couple times a day.

Personally, I doubt it needs it though. Probably just tasting sweet because it's young. IMHO

I think the OP said his second reading showed 1.020, which is 4 points from his FG....it increased while in the keg. That's what's really weird. Maybe carbonation combined with green beer.

 

[jermanimal]

Seems unanimous...

It shall sit in the back of the fridge for awhile.

 

[Special Hops]

I think carbonation would throw off your gravity readings. think about it. All that gas dissolved in the beer is bound to affect it's density.

 

[jermanimal]

I think carbonation would throw off your gravity readings. think about it. All that gas dissolved in the beer is bound to affect it's density.

"So I took a sample, let set to get carbonation out, took another reading."