damdaman
Well-Known Member
I took a hydrometer reading on a high-ish (1.078) OG beer that has had a very vigorous fermentation. It's been 9 days since pitching. SG was 1.029 today, still very high I feel like for 9 days later. The beers I've made so far seem to hit their target FG in 3-7 days max.
The good news is that the yeast still seem very active, there's a lot of airlock bubbling and I can still see them swirling around in the beer when I look closely, so I'm not really concerned that fermentation is stuck.
Anyway long story short would you consider this long of a primary fermentation normal for a 1.078 OG beer? I pitched two vials of WL001 to this beer as I'm still too new and too lazy to make a starter.
on edit: I did have blow off on this one and there was yeast sediment in the collection container, I wonder if this could have slowed down fermentation?
The good news is that the yeast still seem very active, there's a lot of airlock bubbling and I can still see them swirling around in the beer when I look closely, so I'm not really concerned that fermentation is stuck.
Anyway long story short would you consider this long of a primary fermentation normal for a 1.078 OG beer? I pitched two vials of WL001 to this beer as I'm still too new and too lazy to make a starter.
on edit: I did have blow off on this one and there was yeast sediment in the collection container, I wonder if this could have slowed down fermentation?