woozy
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Not really. It all depends on the yeast. Yeast are living organisms and they do as they please. Some yeast will finish fast and some won't.
Okay... explain. The fermentation takes 5 -7 days. And then... final gravity is reached? Final gravity isn't reached? It's mostly reached but yeast can wobble it around a bit for several weeks? Fermation that usually takes 5-7 could in some cases take four weeks? Final gravity becomes stable while the yeasts read your mind and now you want to rack but then final gravity becomes unstable after racking because the yeast is afraid of bottles? huh?
I don't see how final gravity being reached maintained can be a requirement for fermentation to be over, fermentation taking 7 day max, and final gravity being reached being a test for bottling after 2-4 weeks, can be mutually consistent concepts.