Questions tagged [final-gravity]
The specific gravity at the end of fermentation.
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What do you do about high cider FG?
I went ahead and tried one of Mangrove Jack's cider kits — the raspberry and mango one if anyone is interested. Shoved the fermentation bucket into the garage, and checked in after a couple of weeks. ...
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Is my final gravity too high for bottling?
I am making an Irish Red Ale, unfortunately I forgot to take a starting gravity reading before putting the beer into primary fermentation (primary fermentation was done at 68 °F +/- a few). ...
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Batch size affecting my Final Gravity?
So i recently fermented a pale ale but only was able to transfer just under 4 gallons of my planned 5.5 gallons into my fermenter due to transfer issues. My final gravity is shooting past my 1.018 ...
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Chocolate stout stuck at 1021
I'm brewing a bulldog chocolate stout 'Easter brew' as per the instructions. 4.2kg of malt extract alone, 23L, one packet of dried yeast. OG 1058, the generic bulldog instructions just say get it to ...
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Lowering Est FG before Brew
I am planning out a Saison and trying to hit the traditional guideline numbers.... I need to get the East Final Gravity down below 1.008 - I am currently way too high. The changes I keep thinking to ...
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Low attenuation beer good enough for bottling
I recently brewed a new 5 gallon batch of hefeweizen. Measured OG was 1.054, I then racked to secondary fermentation after a couple of weeks, the last week of that had had no visible yeast activity. ...
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Didn't reach expected FG. Should I postpone bottling? Also: It looks weird!
I'm a newbie brewer currently trying his luck with an irish red ale kit. I've followed the instructions (which weren't complicated since it's a kit), and I've let it brew for about 6 days now (...
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How to calculate ABV% with step feeding
I would like to make a high ABV mead, and plan to divide the honey into 3 or 4 increments for the yeast. This has to be done so that the yeast are not under stress from osmotic pressure. However, I ...
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Having doubts about my first stout
I just had an issue with an oatmeal stout. I'm just starting to brew beer at home (BIAB) and I think I made some mistakes.
I had my water at 80°C hoping for the decrease of temperature to 72°C when ...
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Fermentation time for APA with 1.080 OG
I brewed my first batch (APA) and while boiling I lost way too much water which resulted in higher OG. Expected was 1.050 but I got 1.080.
I added Safale US-05 (1 pack) and left it to ferment at 20°C (...
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Final gravity too high
I have an IPA that I've brewed in five gallon batches before. OG at 1.065 and FG at 1.010. Those were hydrometer readings.
I scaled it down for a one gallon batch, and pitched half a packet of yeast (...
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Pale Ale All Grain, FG not achieved
I would like your input as to why my FG was far from the theoric on from brewer's friend calculator.
All Grain Pale Ale:
Maris Otter 4.7k
Roasted Barley 94 gr
Chinook 12 aau min 60
Cascasde 5 auu ...
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Measuring alcohol when using ginger bug
I have recently started to get my feet wet by making some ginger beers using a ginger bug to start the fermentation.
I would like to know the alcohol content of my final product, but as the ginger ...
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Low FG due to cacao nibs?
I recently brewed an oatmeal cream stout from the Mashmaker book (recipe here https://growlermag.com/homebrew-recipe-oatmeal-cream-double-stout/) with the intention of adding some chocolate & ...
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How many gravity points will explode a bottle?
If a difference of around 3 gravity points (between primed and final gravity) will carbonate a beverage (yes, depending on style), how many gravity points will make a bottle bomb?
No, I'm not trying ...
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cider stopped at 1.016! Is this ok?
So this is just my second year of home brewing cider from the apples in my property. Last year I had 16L and everything went as it should. Thus year though with a bumper crop I've ended up with 87L in ...
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High F.G. Pros and cons of fixes
I think I know why my F.G. is so high, but I would like to know what are my options to try and fix it and what are the pros and cons of each.
Below is my recipe and readings during mash.
the ...
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FG not achieved after two weeks.
I have brewed a stout intended to be around 6%. After two weeks the FG is 1.024 but expected to be closer to 1.010.
I found when I made the yeast starter (Giga Yeast 011) the yeast clumped and ...
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What's going on with these gravities?
I'm a new home brewer. Since Christmas I've brewed 5 beers, all of which have been drinkable. The first I didn't have a hydrometer, the second I accidentally put in twice as much carapils as I was ...
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Porter high OG with fermentation stopping at 1.030?
I was doing a porter/stout with extract and also steeped milled smoked malt for a more smokey flavour as part of the process (steeped in warm water around mashing temperature for about 20 minutes ...
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Specific Gravity too low
I started my latests batch of IPA (from a Wilko kit) off 19 days ago. Unlike my previous attempts, fermentation began rapidly and consistent. It has slowed down over the past couple of days so today ...
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Higher starting gravity
Is it true to get a higher S.G. you can by add extra Suger and fermentables like extra suger DME. I 'm trying to find a way to raise, The S.G and F.G
to get a higher ABV.
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Specific Gravities for Kombucha
The most-recent episode of Basic Brewing Radio has got me thinking about making Kombucha.
What would be a typical OG (original gravity) and FG (final gravity) for a Kombucha?
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How much do melanoidins increase gravity?
I recently made an all-grain Russian Imperial Stout on a stovetop, and because of some volume miscalculations (or something), I boiled for 135 minutes to get down to my desired volume of 2.5 gallons. ...
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FG too low to read
I bought a hydrometer to level up a bit my game, It works great for Initial Gravity measures, it has a range from 0.997 to 1.100. My problem comes when it finishes the fermentation, I get a very VERY ...
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specific gravity too high to bottle?
I recently brewed the Brewer's Best Milk Stout, which uses LME plus lactose and maltodextrin. The original gravity was 1.060, which is within the specs for offered in the instructions. Now after about ...
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Can I fix a higher than anticipated OG after primary?
I just brewed a witbier that was way below the estimated preboil gravity of 1.49. I only got 1.34 in case you're wondering. I've never had that bad of an efficiency before. The grains came ...
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Is taking the gravity reading of a commercial beer useful when trying to clone?
I'm going to attempt a clone of a commercial beer. I already know the hops used and base malt. Obviously I know the ABV too. My question is if I take a gravity reading of the beer from the bottle ...
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High FG in primary fermentation
I am doing a Diabolo beer from this kit
First, my OG was 1.070 (vs 1.075 recommended).
Now, after 9 days (they recommend 10 days in primary fermentation), the FG is 1.018. The recommend value is 1....
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Is this final gravity too high?
I brewed a Chocolate Oatmeal Milk Stout with an OG of 1.062. After 2.5 weeks of what seemed like active fermentation, it's only at 1.030. It's been at that for a week. It tastes like a it will be a ...
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What is the definition of post boil gravity and how is it different to OG?
What is the definition of post boil gravity and how is it different from original gravity - or are they both the same thing. Beersmith uses both terms but aside from the fermenter top up to me they ...
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Proper target for dilution
I made a recipe that was supposed to have OG 1.062, FG 1.012 (ABV ~6.5%). I forgot to note the target volume in the recipe (just the pre-boil volume), and wound up with a wort with OG 1.077. I chose ...
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Hefeweizen final gravity too high
I started my Hefeweizen with a OG of 1.054 and used Wyeast 3068. The wort was well aerated but after 3 weeks my gravity is still 1.020 which seems a little high. The gravity reading I took a week ago ...
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FG of bottled condition beer lower than FG of fermented beer
I brewed a session stout about 4 months ago, and left it in the fermentor for two weeks. The FG was 1.012 one week in, and I checked every few days until 2 weeks in, and the FG remained at 1.012. I ...
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Is it bad to let air into my primary fermenter?
My beer has been in the primary for about 5 days now. I can only assume fermentation has stopped as its reached peak krauzen and the froth seems to be subsiding.
I attempted to seal up my primary as ...
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Can FG be higher than OG?
I "brewed" a beer that was described as "Chinese Rice Wine", but it is 50% grain so I will call it a beer!
Recipe: 18 liter batch; 2.5 kg boiled Rice, 2 kg sugar, a cup or so of raisins and one ...
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Should I back-sweetening a very dry mead?
So, I made a batch (4.5 gallons) of show mead using 10lbs of locust honey. Starting gravity was 1.091
I used dry white wine yeast and fermentation went relevantly quick (with some help of potassium ...
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What's wrong with my gravity?
I recently brewed an Imperial Red. It clocked in at around 1.072 on original gravity reading.
My malt bill looked something like this:
12 lbs 5.0 oz Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM)
11 lbs Marris ...
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Why is IBU/GU a good measure?
Since the FG is what measures the residual sugar in the final beer, why do we use OG, instead of FG, to calculate the ratio of the bitterness over the sweetness in final beer? How precisely is the ...
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ceteris paribus, does mashing at a higher temperature lead to a higher final gravity?
I'm doing 6 lagers according to the Brulosophy Quick Lager method, where the temperature is raised to 65*F/18.3*C for the remainder of fermentation after attenuation has hit 50%. 2 of them have been ...
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Measuring SG on small (3.5l / 1g) batches
I do small batch brewing (3.5l-4l) and using hydrometer is a big pain for them, as I need to take very big amount of beer out to test it. I've learned to do OG readings with refractometer, but I get ...
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High FG / Low Attenuation across 3 different beers
I have brewed 3 all-grain batches now that have a high final gravity:
Imperial IPA: Target OG - 1.079, Target FG - 1.011, Actual OG - 1.070,
Actual FG - 1.020, Yeast - US-05. Common attenuation ...
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Making Sweet Mead this weekend
guys, I'm planning to brew a sweet mead this weekend with 15-18 lbs of honey for a 5 gallon batch...
Here's my goal... I want it to be strong (15% or so) and sweet. I'm pretty much prepared, but ...
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What can I learn from fruit beer gravity?
I just bottled a batch of a watermelon beer where the gravities going into and out of primary matched the predictions (OG 1.050, FG 1.012).
I added watermelon chunks in secondary and when it finished ...
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Adding yeast to secondary
Okay, I am making a strong (imperial-ish) red ale. My original gravity was 1.081. I intended to bring it to a final point at most of 1.020, or if I can even lower.
I was using 2 packs of WLP004 (...
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Didn't get the expected O.G
I brewed a nano batch of single grain IPA and I don't know what I have done wrong.
Before I started, I calculated the O.G. and F.G. as shown in the picture bellow.
After boiling the wort from 5.3 ...
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Safe to bottle IPA with higher FG than expected?
The expected FG from my receipt was supposed to be 1014, but it has been stable at 1020 for about 3 weeks now. The wort has been on the fermentation tank for about 4 weeks, it reached 1020 after 1 ...
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Difference in FG from recipe
I just finished my second Brew in a Bag (BIAB) and although everything went well, I had
a difference in my anticipated FG. The recipe and Brewmate was giving me a finaly gravity of 1.014 but it ...
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final gravity margin of error
So this is my first batch ever. My starting gravity was 1.058 7 days ago. My gravity yesterday was 1.007. Both within range for the recipe kit. I measured again today and got 1.011 in a beer thief. ...
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Consistently high final gravity
I started brewing about a year ago, currently on my sixth batch, all using extract and some additional grains. My problem is that my beers consistently finish with a higher than expected final gravity....
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