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So I checked gravity again since it's been almost 4 days since pitching another packet of rehydrated yeast. The gravity is almost unchanged, still just over 1.040. So does this tell me it wasn't a matter of O2 or not enough yeast, but instead the sugars there just are not fermentable?

Then why is 155 in the recipe :confused:

My mash temp was about 155 or a degree or two less. Of course i'm keeping the beer, I wouldn't think of trashing it! It may not be what it was planned to be, but it's still going to be over 7% and I'm sure it will taste alright in the end. We'll see what the reinforcements can do now that...

I tossed in another pack of hydrated yeast. We'll see what happens!

So what are my options at this point? Would making a starter and repitching help bring it down more? Obviously I don't want to introduce more oxygen at this point.

Huh, I always thought the oxygen was meant for yeast reproduction, so if you added more yeast it was less important.

I used 2 packets of S05 so I didn't think oxygenating would have been as much of a big requirement.

Before I took my reading yesterday morning I moved it upstairs where it's a bit warmer, then roused the yeast a bit. Checked again this morning, there is a small layer of krausen on top and I'm reading slightly lower, around 1.043. I guess I'll be happy with anything below 1.040, we'll see.

My blow off tube was bubbling up until yesterday. Checked gravity today (5 day mark) and it's at 1.045. I rarely check gravity on my beers until I'm ready to keg at around the 3 week mark, so I don't know how long it can take to reach FG. If it's at 1.045 after 5 days should I not be very...

interesting. what if it's beyond 12 hours?

I brewed this today. For others like me that have a 10 gallon cooler for a mash tun, yes, everything fit (surprisingly). About 23.5 lbs of grain and 7.3 gallons of water. It was at the tippy top, no more room to spare. When I pressed down on the lid to close it, a little foam came out, so...

just got off the phone with them. they said unplug it for 24 hours and then see what happens. if it still comes up afterwards, they said it's a fairly simple repair to replace the sensors on the main board and they'll email the service manual so i can do that myself. so we'll see...

i haven't unplugged it. i noticed it earlier in the week, but i'm not sure how long it's been doing it.

Anyone have a kegco kegerator with digital display? Mine says E4. At first I just tried hitting the F/C button to change Fahrenheit to Celsius and back, and it went away, but then it comes right back. Seems like an error code but the manual and google searching comes back with zilch.

Nice. I brewed this last weekend as well. Looking forward to it.