Does a FG 18 need priming sugar?

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Yeast: Mangrove jack's mead M05 (works for up to 18 %)
OG 85, FG 18 (almost no movement for 2 days)
Does it at all need priming sugar?
 
Braggot
Yeast: Mangrove jack's mead M05 (works for up to 18 %)
OG 85, FG 18 (almost no movement for 2 days)
Does it at all need priming sugar?
80% attenuation should do it. What yeast? “Almost no movement...” So, is it still fermenting? You’re at 80% attenuation now. You’ll still need priming sugar once finished for bottling.
 
80% attenuation should do it. What yeast? “Almost no movement...” So, is it still fermenting? You’re at 80% attenuation now. You’ll still need priming sugar once finished for bottling.
Gone from 19 to 18 in 2 days. Have now added kieselsol for clearing. SO I should still use the normalt amount of priming sugar?
 
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Gone from 19 to 18 in 2 days. Have now added kieselsol for clearing. SO I should still use the normal amount of priming sugar?
When you’ve got 3 days of the same FG, then I’d bottle it and yep, normal amount of priming sugar. Once FG has been met, there’s no fermentable sugar left. And 80% attenuation tells the same. The reason you want to wait for 3 days of the same gravity, is that you don’t want bottle bombs.
 

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