Is it done?

[Bubblehead08]

I've got couple of brews on the go at the minute, one of which is a kit - a Brewferm Oud Vlaams Brun.

This has a suggested OG of 1060 with a 6% abv suggesting an FG of about 1015ish?

I used more fermentables than suggested and got an OG of 1072 (didn't think I'd used that much more). The brew stopped at 1022 about five days ago and I've tried raising the temp and giving a gentle stir but all to no avail.

The question is this - should I pitch more yeast or is it done and I should bottle it?

Cheers

 

[bobsbeer]

You are probably too close to the fg to restart it successfully, and depending on what you added it may have had more unfermentables in it. I would leave it alone for a few weeks rather than rush to bottle.

 

[iceo]

just taken a reading ones 1.065 is 1.010 and the cherry 1.054 (plus cherry)is 1.012
target was 1.006

i would say iv safe to bottles?

would the golden syrup give me a higher fg

i did this kit last year , i used golden syrup and cherry syrup. above are my reading OG and FG after 20days in fv

your FG seem high what did you add?

 

[Bubblehead08]

I used 1kg of dark DME.

Maybe my lower end FV volume markings aren't particularly accurate and I didn't add as much water as intended.

1006 is really low, I'm surprised it went that far - how did it turn out?

I think the leaving it alone for a bit sounds like a good plan.

 

[iceo]

If you have brewed short and a 1kg of dme It will push the readings up . The longer you leave in the bottle the better , mine are almost 6 month old and keep getting better