I am new to home brewing and wanted to try making a stout. I also changed the recipe. I used a kit for the basic stout. The kit only required adding boiling water to the malt extract and finishing with cold water before adding the yeast. In my recipe I added about a gallon of coffee and a 8oz can of hershey's special dark cocoa.
My concerns are that today seems to be the 14th day of fermenting. The original directions said that fermenting should be complete after 7-8 days. The directions also said that the final gravity should be below 1.014. I have checked the gravity M-W-and today and the gravity remains around 1.020.
Would adding the cocoa and coffee change the fermenting time and the final gravity?
My concerns are that today seems to be the 14th day of fermenting. The original directions said that fermenting should be complete after 7-8 days. The directions also said that the final gravity should be below 1.014. I have checked the gravity M-W-and today and the gravity remains around 1.020.
Would adding the cocoa and coffee change the fermenting time and the final gravity?