Sarrsipius
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I made a 5 gallon batch of russian imperial stout with OG of 1.110 last saturday. I used 2 smack packs of 1056 with a 2 litre starter on a stir plate. Starter had blow off and I lost some yeast so I don't really know how much I pitched (don't know how many cells where left in the starter). I used pure 02 in the wort prior to pitching (3 minutes with air stone).
Fermented at 68 and had vigorous fermentaion for 4 days and things settled down by the end of day 6 (today). There are no more visible signs of primary fermentation. Checked gravity and it's at 1.030. This is too high!
Question:
Should I pitch more yeast? What are the pluses and minuses of doing this? If I do re-pitch what yeast strain should I use (more 1056 or a higher alcohol yeast) I'd like it to finish at around 1.020-1.025? I've never re-pitched before so this is new territory for me.
(edit: this is a 5 gal batch)
Fermented at 68 and had vigorous fermentaion for 4 days and things settled down by the end of day 6 (today). There are no more visible signs of primary fermentation. Checked gravity and it's at 1.030. This is too high!
Question:
Should I pitch more yeast? What are the pluses and minuses of doing this? If I do re-pitch what yeast strain should I use (more 1056 or a higher alcohol yeast) I'd like it to finish at around 1.020-1.025? I've never re-pitched before so this is new territory for me.
(edit: this is a 5 gal batch)