xamers

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Don't know what it is lately. My last 3 beers have all finished high.

Wheat only to 1.016; expected 1.012
Southern Brown ale to 1.020; expected 1.012
Oktoberfest at 2 weeks from 1.060 to only 1.040 at 48 degrees.

Just venting. They'll taste OK, maybe a bit sweet though.

Soulive

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Are you pitching enough yeast, aerating, mashing low enough?

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Primary = Evan!'s Special Bitter
On Deck = EdWort's Porter / American Amber

EdWort's Haus Pale Ale Count

xamers

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Pitching a ton.

Aerating by shaking.....never had a problem before.

Mashed the wheat at 148, the brown at 152, the Okto at 153.

Soulive

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Hmmm, thats weird then. What yeast strains?

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Green Lane Brewing
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Primary = Evan!'s Special Bitter
On Deck = EdWort's Porter / American Amber

EdWort's Haus Pale Ale Count

SporkD2

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Thats the opposite problem I just had. I had an pale ale that finished at 003.

xamers

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WL400 Belgian Wit- for the wheat - average starter, +blowoff
WyY Whitbread 1099 - to the brown - average starter, good Krau
WL820 Okto - for the Okto - huge 4 stepped starter, still fermenting well

ChrisKennedy

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Calibrate your thermometer.

sirsloop

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The first two sound fine, last one sounds like its stalled. Lager yeast I'm assuming? Have you calibrated your hydrometer?

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xamers

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Thermometer is fine. Reads right about 32 in ice water.

Hydrometer is fine. Reads right at 1.001 in 65 degree tap water.

The lager is actually still fermenting away. It's just taking it's sweet time. The airlock activity is still good. I pitched a TON of yeast in that one.

I don't think there's anything I could have done differently. Just venting. Might be time to invest into a nice O2 setup.

sirsloop

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How does it taste? If you think its too sweet, drop a crushed beano in each one a month before you plan on drinking. It'll drop it at least a few points in that amount of time.

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~~~~~~~~~~~___//_ ____________________________~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~_/ [][]| | /```\/```\/```\/```\/```\ |~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~_/_______| |____NOW TRIPLE HOPPED______|~~~~~~~~~~
~~~___/[_]| 00 /| | \,,,/\,,,/\,,,/\,,,/\,,,/ |~~~~~~~~~~
~~|___|___|___/_| |___________________________|~~~~~~~~~~
~~|=(*)[________]==(*)(*)=| \________/=(*)(*)=|~~~~~~~~~~