Velnerj
Simul justus et potator
I'm brewing an amber ale with about 20% Crystal malts in the recipe (shooting for an Anderson Valley Boont homage). Using mangrove Jack's M15 Empire Ale Yeast. Mash was at 63C. Fermented for 7 days at 18C then 5 days at 20C followed by a three day cold crash at 5C.
Took a refractometer reading on the third day of 20C fermentation and read 8 brix. My OG was 1.062. This gave me a a reading correction of 1.013. Which I suspected was my FG. Let it ride two days, cold crashed and bottled.
At bottling I took a sample to measure with my hydrometer. 1.022!!! This sample was taken without priming sugar added... Refractomer reading is the same still (8 brix). I'm afraid now of bottle bombs :-(
What could account for this dramatic change in gravity readings?
A couple thoughts 1)hydro sample was cold perhaps around 10C 2) hydro sample was very cloudy and full of trub (but I thought that wouldn't matter)
Any thoughts on this conundrum? Should I be worried?
Took a refractometer reading on the third day of 20C fermentation and read 8 brix. My OG was 1.062. This gave me a a reading correction of 1.013. Which I suspected was my FG. Let it ride two days, cold crashed and bottled.
At bottling I took a sample to measure with my hydrometer. 1.022!!! This sample was taken without priming sugar added... Refractomer reading is the same still (8 brix). I'm afraid now of bottle bombs :-(
What could account for this dramatic change in gravity readings?
A couple thoughts 1)hydro sample was cold perhaps around 10C 2) hydro sample was very cloudy and full of trub (but I thought that wouldn't matter)
Any thoughts on this conundrum? Should I be worried?