Curtis2010
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I recently brewed a Braggot. The 5 gallon recipe included
1 lb Crystal 60L
4 oz Special B
6 lb DME Light
7.2 lb Honey (light local varietal)
Hops schedule included multiple additions of Columbus and Cascade
Wort was quite yummy.
Some of the ingredient selections were made just to use up what I had available. In looking back at my notes, for an OG of 1.117, I under pitched the yeast (1 pkg of EC-1118 re-hydrated). I aerated, but did not add nutrients -- my rationale being that the specialty grains and DME should be sufficient.
Fermentation got off to a roaring start, but has now stalled at about 1.036. Without much forethought, I pitched another re-hydrated packet of EC-1118 a couple of days ago. Now, there is no visible ferm activity and no discernible change in SG.
My conclusion is that obviously the wort is missing something it needs for additional ferm activity. Could be that I ended up with a lot of unfermentables, but with all the DME and Honey I think not. Here's my thoughts on what to do next and I'm looking for other insights/suggestions.
1. Nothing. Just let it do it's thing and hope for the best.
2. Add nutrients and rouse the yeast. Too late in the process to aerate I think, but maybe nutrients would help.
Other ideas?
Thanks.
1 lb Crystal 60L
4 oz Special B
6 lb DME Light
7.2 lb Honey (light local varietal)
Hops schedule included multiple additions of Columbus and Cascade
Wort was quite yummy.
Some of the ingredient selections were made just to use up what I had available. In looking back at my notes, for an OG of 1.117, I under pitched the yeast (1 pkg of EC-1118 re-hydrated). I aerated, but did not add nutrients -- my rationale being that the specialty grains and DME should be sufficient.
Fermentation got off to a roaring start, but has now stalled at about 1.036. Without much forethought, I pitched another re-hydrated packet of EC-1118 a couple of days ago. Now, there is no visible ferm activity and no discernible change in SG.
My conclusion is that obviously the wort is missing something it needs for additional ferm activity. Could be that I ended up with a lot of unfermentables, but with all the DME and Honey I think not. Here's my thoughts on what to do next and I'm looking for other insights/suggestions.
1. Nothing. Just let it do it's thing and hope for the best.
2. Add nutrients and rouse the yeast. Too late in the process to aerate I think, but maybe nutrients would help.
Other ideas?
Thanks.