I'm trying my first batch of home brew, and am having a small problem.

I'm having to use an un-air conditioned area of my house, where the
temps got into the mid 70's a couple of days in a row during primary
fermentation.

1) What effect could this have on my beer?

My batch started out fermenting great guns, but has stopped at SG
1.014, which is a little higher than the predicted 1.009.

Should I be concerned?

I took it from the bucket to the carboy when fermentation was one
bubble every 81 seconds. Since then, I can't tell that it is doing
anything. From my calculations, my alcohol content is rather low.
(2.5%)

Which brings the last question...can I dump a fifth of PGA into the
bottling bucket before bottling to get my alcohol back up where it is
acceptable?

I have no intention of drinking Near Beer.

Thanks in advance to all that respond kindly.

Jeff.

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Jeff N. Cantwell
Contract Programmer
Downtown Little Rock, AR
ICQ #19444448

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