Ready for bottling?

[AlexW]

Hi All,

I've had an American IPA in the FV for 12 days now and had planned to bottle this coming Saturday. OG was 1.057 and target is 1.011. I've just taken a reading and it's 1.017 but no signs of fermentation anymore. I don't think I quite pitched enough yeast...

Do you think it will be ok to bottle on Saturday?

Also it's very cloudy...will this clear during conditioning?

Thanks!

 

[Stephenj]

What temp did you ferment at? Any chance it might have dropped too low? I would maybe give it a wee swirl to wake the little ones up and check the temp?

 

[ElvisIsBeer]

I'd give it another week. Is it warm enough?

 

[Litmus]

Pump up the temp a few degrees. I ramp up my temp at the end of the fermentation to fully maturate the beer. I do this because I want the yeast to consume some of the by-products produced in the high activity phase.

Also, it's pretty straightforward to calculate your pitch rate and or make a starter this will make sure your yeast has the best chance of getting through the fermentable sugars without issue.

The only other thing I can think of if you may have had a high PH in your wash.


EDIT: Just to add, once you are sure the fermentation is over move the beer somewhere cooler and that will help clear up the beer. I would wait till it does before bottling.

 

[ACBEV]

Leave for another week @ 18c. Longer may be needed...

 

[BassoonBrew]

The target attenuation (80%) sounds on the high side - what yeast did you use? I'm always happy with 75% (~ 1014) :-)

 

[Brewberoza]

What temp did you ferment at? Any chance it might have dropped too low? I would maybe give it a wee swirl to wake the little ones up and check the temp?

I agree. Give it a stir to get the yeast back in action and let them finish the job.