nuclearnova
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So I decided to make a black lager (recipe below), and after almost a month it's gravity is stuck at 1.020. It started at 1.050, so I feel like I should end lower, but I'm not positive. Since the stall I've added on two occasions two new packets of good ale yeast, but nothing happens. I've tried lowering the temperature for the ale yeast down to 60, and all the way up to 76, but nothing happens. Thought it might be too acidic so I added two teaspoons of baking soda yesterday, but the yeast may already be dead and I don't want to waste another packet just yet.
Any ideas? The beer tastes sweet, so I could potentially just bottle and have a sweet 4% alcohol beer, but I was really trying to get more of a sam adams black lager or porter taste. I've considered adding beano, and then at ~1.013 dropping the temp down to 35F and kegging.
Thanks in advanced!
Recipe -
Well water, maybe a little on the hard side but it was run through a water softener
6 lb Munic malt (2-Row home roasted at 230F for 2 hours)
4 lb Pale malt
1 lb Chocolate
1 lb Roasted barely
1 lb Caramunic
1.25 oz Palisade (8.1%) 60 min
0.4 oz Saaz (3.9%) 30 min
0.4 oz Saaz (3.9%) 0 min
Saflager S-23 initially
Safale S-04 second and third try
Mashed a little on the warmer side for just over an hour, probably closer to 160 than 150 for the most part
Any ideas? The beer tastes sweet, so I could potentially just bottle and have a sweet 4% alcohol beer, but I was really trying to get more of a sam adams black lager or porter taste. I've considered adding beano, and then at ~1.013 dropping the temp down to 35F and kegging.
Thanks in advanced!
Recipe -
Well water, maybe a little on the hard side but it was run through a water softener
6 lb Munic malt (2-Row home roasted at 230F for 2 hours)
4 lb Pale malt
1 lb Chocolate
1 lb Roasted barely
1 lb Caramunic
1.25 oz Palisade (8.1%) 60 min
0.4 oz Saaz (3.9%) 30 min
0.4 oz Saaz (3.9%) 0 min
Saflager S-23 initially
Safale S-04 second and third try
Mashed a little on the warmer side for just over an hour, probably closer to 160 than 150 for the most part