believeinsteve
Active Member
searched for ideas on here and couldn't find specifics, so sorry if this is already covered or in the wrong place:
I made a belgian golden strong a la Jamil's recipe, and it's stuck at 1.030, and am wondering what to try next.
details:
all extract, 8.5 lbs. pilsner lme.
3 lbs. plain table sugar
made a 2 liter starter with WLP 570, no stir plate, but I made sure to give it a good shake quite often for 48 hours. I shook the carboy like crazy for awhile to aerate. pitched at 64, let it slowly ramp to 80 over 10 days.
on top of this, I moved 200 miles away. I checked grav about a week before and it was at 1.030. I didn't want this thing to get to shaken up, but didn't have any options, so i was forced to transfer it into a secondary.
I thought about making a starter of some chico yeast or something similar and pitching at high kraeusen. I thought about repitching the same yeast, but am not sure if i should do a starter for it. If i did it can't be too big because it's no near the top of a five gallon carboy. I even contemplated beano, but that would be an absolute last resort.
suggestions??
I made a belgian golden strong a la Jamil's recipe, and it's stuck at 1.030, and am wondering what to try next.
details:
all extract, 8.5 lbs. pilsner lme.
3 lbs. plain table sugar
made a 2 liter starter with WLP 570, no stir plate, but I made sure to give it a good shake quite often for 48 hours. I shook the carboy like crazy for awhile to aerate. pitched at 64, let it slowly ramp to 80 over 10 days.
on top of this, I moved 200 miles away. I checked grav about a week before and it was at 1.030. I didn't want this thing to get to shaken up, but didn't have any options, so i was forced to transfer it into a secondary.
I thought about making a starter of some chico yeast or something similar and pitching at high kraeusen. I thought about repitching the same yeast, but am not sure if i should do a starter for it. If i did it can't be too big because it's no near the top of a five gallon carboy. I even contemplated beano, but that would be an absolute last resort.
suggestions??