fermentation time & need to repitch yeast at bottling
Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2016 2:49 am
Hi all, still relatively new at this, working on my 6th batch now, a Belgian Dubbel. Here are the ingredients I used: 12.5 lbs 2 row, 1 lb special B, 1 lb Caramunich, 1.25 lbs homemade Belgian candi sugar, .75 lbs Turbinado cane sugar, and 1 oz of Saaz hop pellets. I got an OG of 1.074, then fermented with Wyeast 3787. I gave it 10 days in the primary and it's now been in the secondary for 5 days. Got curious and took a gravity reading last night, and was a bit surprised to see how low it was - 1.004. I was alarmed that it might not taste right, so I took a sample, and while a little hot, was relieved that it's already delish. I have two questions:
1. Since my I've already reached and surpassed my FG goal, how much longer should I wait until I bottle?
2. When I do bottle, should I repitch some yeast into the bottling bucket because it's become a fairly high gravity beer?
1. Since my I've already reached and surpassed my FG goal, how much longer should I wait until I bottle?
2. When I do bottle, should I repitch some yeast into the bottling bucket because it's become a fairly high gravity beer?