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    Used entirely too much yeast nutrient

    So here's an update: The thing fermented like mad crazy for the first day or so, and then went down to bubbling every minute or so for about two weeks, at which point I opened it up and took a hydrometer reading...only to discover that the gravity had only gone down by a third (about .040; this...
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    Used entirely too much yeast nutrient

    So, I was making the wort for a super-high gravity beer. The yeast I'm using is white lab's super high gravity yeast, and they recommend for super-high gravity wort putting in yeast nutrients, at 2x the regular levels. So I merrily added 2 vials of yeast nutrient, only to later find out that...
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    Extremely slow fermentation

    Ah...oops. My starter was only 500ml. Should I re-pitch?
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    Extremely slow fermentation

    So I thought I'd try my hand at a super-high gravity beer. I made a starter of White Labs Super High Gravity Yeast w/ a drop of olive oil to help the yeasties out. I pitched the starter after it had been fermenting for 2 days into a wort w/ OG 1.121. White labs advised adding yeast nutrient...
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