"White Trash" <garbologist@oscar.com> wrote in message
news:jv1Ed.2993$u47.2431@trnddc09...[color=blue]
> Local homebrew store owner today told me that the FG is roughly a certain
> %
> of the OG. Im curious, as Ive been making some of my own recipes now, and
> Im
> not sure what to look for as my target for FG. She said its about as good
> as
> it'll get, (OG 86, currently 20). Anyone have input on this?[/color]

When brewing with extract (rather than mashing all the grain yourself),
typically the gravity will end somewhere around 1.020, due to unfermentable
sugars in the extract. So your shop owner is probably correct. But as
another person said, check the gravity, wait a couple of days, then check
again. If the gravity hasn't changed at all, then you'll know for sure that
fermentation is complete. Especially if your OG was 1.086, I'm sure you
won't get much lower than 1.020. This brew will be high in alcohol! What
kind did you make?

--
Dave
"Just a drink, a little drink, and I'll be feeling GOOooOOooOOooD!" --
Genesis, 1973-ish