ChefBrew
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I brewed a dubbel last week. White labs Belgian abbey ale yeast
Main mistake- over poured the extract. I failed to weigh it according to the recipe. This brought my OG way over the expected one, which was supposed to be 1.068. So, I added water to bring it down to 1.070. I stopped there because the volume was getting way too high. At this point I have about 5.75 gallons of wort. After 4 days of fermentation I check the gravity and it's at 1.021. Today (7 days after brew day) I am only at 1.020.
I've read a lot of posts on this forum that say to be patient. I am willing to do that. But, I can't help but feel a little anxious, especially because of the initial mistake I made.
My question is, if I bottle at 1.020, will I have bottle bombs? 1.020 will defeat the purpose of making a dubbel, because the ABV will be considerably lower. And, now that I'm writing this, should I just leave it in the primary for as long as it possibly takes to get closer to the target FG? When do you think that the yeast is just over it?
This is my conundrum.
Main mistake- over poured the extract. I failed to weigh it according to the recipe. This brought my OG way over the expected one, which was supposed to be 1.068. So, I added water to bring it down to 1.070. I stopped there because the volume was getting way too high. At this point I have about 5.75 gallons of wort. After 4 days of fermentation I check the gravity and it's at 1.021. Today (7 days after brew day) I am only at 1.020.
I've read a lot of posts on this forum that say to be patient. I am willing to do that. But, I can't help but feel a little anxious, especially because of the initial mistake I made.
My question is, if I bottle at 1.020, will I have bottle bombs? 1.020 will defeat the purpose of making a dubbel, because the ABV will be considerably lower. And, now that I'm writing this, should I just leave it in the primary for as long as it possibly takes to get closer to the target FG? When do you think that the yeast is just over it?
This is my conundrum.