pegasusherd
Active Member
Hello,
I have an IPA in secondary that seems to be stuck. OG/FG per recipe is 1.070/1.012, and I've been hanging around 1.022 for a week or so.
I'd like to re-pitch to see if I can drop the gravity a little bit, so I've made another starter (1 cup DME, 2 pints water). My question is this--should I:
-Pitch the entire volume at high krausen (as I've read some places), or
-Wait until the starter ferments, yeast settles, decant, and pitch
Seems like with the first approach, if the fermentation doesn't get going again, I'm pitching a bunch of sugar in that starter that could ruin the beer. On the other hand, if I wait until the starter ferments and the yeast settles out, then the yeast may not be as active and have a lesser chance to restarting some fermentation.
Advice?
Thanks!
I have an IPA in secondary that seems to be stuck. OG/FG per recipe is 1.070/1.012, and I've been hanging around 1.022 for a week or so.
I'd like to re-pitch to see if I can drop the gravity a little bit, so I've made another starter (1 cup DME, 2 pints water). My question is this--should I:
-Pitch the entire volume at high krausen (as I've read some places), or
-Wait until the starter ferments, yeast settles, decant, and pitch
Seems like with the first approach, if the fermentation doesn't get going again, I'm pitching a bunch of sugar in that starter that could ruin the beer. On the other hand, if I wait until the starter ferments and the yeast settles out, then the yeast may not be as active and have a lesser chance to restarting some fermentation.
Advice?
Thanks!