What should i do?

[cveez11]

I have had my first batch of brew fermenting for 13 days. There is still a krausen foam layer on top. very little activity in the air lock (it bubbles every minute or two). the gravity has been reading 1.023 for the last 3 days. the target final gravity is supposed to be 1.012. (original gravity was 1.052). should i go ahead with bottling, or do i need to do something else to try to get some more activity.

 

[NHBeerDude]

Let it sit longer. It sounds like your beer is still fermenting. Just give it more time and you'll get closer to the final gravity your trying to reach.

 

[Bert1097]

Perhaps 'swirl' the carboy (while the airlock is on) and raise the temperature a bit?

 

[WickedLB]

What is the fermentation temperature? If it has dropped into the low 60's you could raise it up 5 degrees.

 

[cveez11]

temperature has stayed between 68 and 72 the entire time. should i still try raising the temp?

 

[Yooper]

No. You can gently swirl if you want, and wait it out. Check the SG again in a couple of days, to make sure it's still dropping.

 

[cveez11]

ok, i swirled the carboy. now i guess i will wait and check sg again tomorrow.