DocBrown
Well-Known Member
Hello,
My third batch has now been in the primary just shy of two weeks. I'm making the AHS Cannon Ball stout (extract recipe), which ended up with an OG of 1.115. I pitched two tubes of WLP007 and also added a capsule of BrewVint yeast nutrient to give the yeast a good running start. I do need to thank everyone here for the blow-off tube advice. In well under 24 hours I had a lot of foam going through my tube, a good bit leaking out around the edge of my airlock stopper, and the top of my ale pail was still bulging upwards a bit! It's settled down a good bit now, though when I checked the gravity yesterday, it read 1.040.
I knew going in that I'd have to be really patient with this one and that there was no way it would come out of the primary in anything less than 2 weeks. With the gravity still this high, I figured I wouldn't even bother checking it again for another week. My question is, how long should I expect the fermentation to take? I did give the bucket a bit of a swirl to encourage the yeast to keep moving. My fermentation temps have been between 64deg and 71deg. Should I be at all surprised that the gravity is still that high 2 weeks in?
Thanks,
JB
My third batch has now been in the primary just shy of two weeks. I'm making the AHS Cannon Ball stout (extract recipe), which ended up with an OG of 1.115. I pitched two tubes of WLP007 and also added a capsule of BrewVint yeast nutrient to give the yeast a good running start. I do need to thank everyone here for the blow-off tube advice. In well under 24 hours I had a lot of foam going through my tube, a good bit leaking out around the edge of my airlock stopper, and the top of my ale pail was still bulging upwards a bit! It's settled down a good bit now, though when I checked the gravity yesterday, it read 1.040.
I knew going in that I'd have to be really patient with this one and that there was no way it would come out of the primary in anything less than 2 weeks. With the gravity still this high, I figured I wouldn't even bother checking it again for another week. My question is, how long should I expect the fermentation to take? I did give the bucket a bit of a swirl to encourage the yeast to keep moving. My fermentation temps have been between 64deg and 71deg. Should I be at all surprised that the gravity is still that high 2 weeks in?
Thanks,
JB