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I have a dark ale which I put together myself. Its made up of malt extract,syrup,treacle,black malt, brown sugar and other goodies. It started at 1070 and seems to have stopped about 1020. Whats the story regarding priming? Is it that the yeast is spent before its eaten all the sugar? And do I need to prime when using bottles? I`m not sure whats the best way forward with this one. Will it taste sweet do you think?? :thumb: :cheers: Many thanks anyone in advance.
 
You've obviously tested the SG so have you sampled it for flavour? That ought to give you your answer as to whether or not it will be sweet. 1.020 does sound a little high but it does sound like there's a fair amount of ingredients in there that would result in a higher gravity.

As for priming, it's not necessary per se, unless you want to carbonate your beer. It won't sweeten it since the yeast that is left in suspension should use up the priming sugar while in the bottles. What yeast did you use as a matter of interest?
 
Hi, you had a very high Starting Gravity at 1.070, so to end up around 1.020 is about right.

As to how sweet it will be I couldn't tell you really, there will be quite a bit of sweetness, qite a burnt toffee sweetness I would think, but how this tastes will largely be down to how well you have balanced this with the bitterness from the hops, or the other 'goodies' you don't mention.

Assuming that thour gravity has been constant at 1.020 for 3 days then you can safely assume fermentation is over and all the fermentble sugars have been eaten.

If you want the beer carbonated in the bottle you will need to prime the bottles with some sugar, this won't affect the flavour as will be eaten up by the yeast in the bottle. You probably want to aim for a ratio of approx 2 grams of sugar per pint. (Thats about half a teaspoon).
 
Thanks for those replies. The yeast was out of a youngs stout kit which is the bade of the brew. I made it to 3 gal though. Yea the brew does taste a bit sweet but hope that is balanced out when i squeeze the floating hop bag. Thanks again. :cheers: :thumb:
 
Thanks for those replies. The yeast was out of a youngs stout kit which is the base of the brew. I made it to 3 gal though. Yea the brew does taste a bit sweet but hope that is balanced out when i squeeze the floating hop bag. Thanks again. :cheers: :thumb:
 

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