Scraggybeard
Active Member
Brewed the Left Hand Milk Stout clone found here: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f68/left-hand-milk-stout-clone-139820/
I measured a SG OF 1.073, pitched Safale-05, and now ~3weeks later it's at 1.032. I understand the lactose may increase FG a bit, but even then I'd expect it to be around 1.2x. My question is whether pitching another packet of US-05 would do any harm. Would it be recommended? I'll eventually be kegging it so I'm not worried about bottle bombs, just want to make sure it doesn't end up too sweet (even for a milk stout). I also mashed at 158*, would that increase unfermentables that much?
I measured a SG OF 1.073, pitched Safale-05, and now ~3weeks later it's at 1.032. I understand the lactose may increase FG a bit, but even then I'd expect it to be around 1.2x. My question is whether pitching another packet of US-05 would do any harm. Would it be recommended? I'll eventually be kegging it so I'm not worried about bottle bombs, just want to make sure it doesn't end up too sweet (even for a milk stout). I also mashed at 158*, would that increase unfermentables that much?