Questions about a RIS Extract - Page 2

Aclay · 03-19-2008, 01:02 AM

I don't think this is right. I may have to re-pitch, but I wanted to talk to you guys first. I racked to the secondary on top of some coffee and before I racked it the gravity was 1.040. I just checked the Gravity again and it is 1.036. My expected final gravity is between 1.029 and 1.019. Should I re-pitch? is this a case of a stuck ferment or is it a case of there are too many unfermentables in the recipe that it throws the F.G. off by .007 points? I drank the gravity test liquid and it tastes fairly hot with a lot of coffee coming through. There was none of the Chocolet flavor in the sample. After a minute I burped and there was a strong hop taste in the burp, but not so much in the drinking. Thanks for any advice you may have. I'll retest the gravity in a few days.

P.S. If I have to re-pitch should I do so with the same yeast? I do have some super high gravity yeast I could use as well or would this throw off the flavor?

**IrregularPulse** · 03-19-2008, 02:50 PM

You sadi you checked teh gravoty before trasnferring and it was 1.040. How many times (days) did you get this consecutive reading befor transferring. If just one you should not have trasnferred. The next reading of 1.036 shows it is still fermenting. Doesn't look stuck to me. Relax and check the gravity again tomorrow. ( or today if you posted yesterday). In the future wait until you hit your FG and it is constant for 2-3 days before racking.

david_the_greek · 03-19-2008, 03:27 PM

I'd have to recheck to see if what you are using is the same yeast as what I used, but the yeast I used for my Scotch ale was a high flocculating yeast. I kind of move my bucket a bit, not enough to splash but enough to get the yeast back into suspension.

Aclay · 03-20-2008, 11:42 AM

well I'll let it set one more week and re-check the gravity. I think I'm going to bottle this with a cup of molassas to cut the coffee flavor a bit. The chocolet got drown I think.

**IrregularPulse** · 03-20-2008, 05:16 PM

I bet the chocolate will come out after sitting in the bottles for a few weeks/months. I am having a lot of hops flavors starting to come out after 5th week that weren't there even on week 4

Aclay · 03-20-2008, 08:42 PM

I agree it is a green RIS, but still. I think bottleing it with molassas would bring out some really interesting flavors. I'll let you know how it goes.

Aclay · 03-31-2008, 04:49 AM

Bottling this on Tuesday with a cup of Molasses. I'm using 22 oz. bottles and I'll let this one set for a few months before trying it, seems like it'll take that long to get the carbonation up. I take that back, I'll try one before at like 2 weeks, because the wait is killing me.

Aclay · 04-03-2008, 10:10 PM

Okay, so I bottled this, but I couldn't get the 22 oz. bottles. I had to make due with 48 12 oz. I boiled a Cup of mollasses with three cups of water. I also added three teaspoons of cocoa powder to the mollasses, just to give it a little chocolet kicker. The F.G. of this brew was 1.036 and It's going to be killer. I tasted the dregs fromt he bottling bucket and it was already increadible. This will be a very complex beer. I can't wait to taste the first one. I'm going to crack the first one at two weeks, to check carb. I think that with the high F.G. and the thickness of the mollasses this is going to take quite some time to carbonate. Has anyone ever bottled with mollasses? If so how long did it take to condition your bottles? Thank you for the help everyone and I'll let you know how everything tastes come time.