jerzeedevil13
Active Member
So I gave it a go at my first tripel and used WLP-530, which says is tolerant up to 15%abv. OG was 1080 and I was hoping to get it down to around 1010 which would put it around 9%abv but fermentation seems to have hit a wall and last reading had it at 1030 - 12 days in. The temp might have dipped below 66 one day but for the most part it stayed around 68-70. My intention was to have it around 72 degrees but the environment just wasn't cooperating. I'm wondering if just leaving it for another few weeks if not a month or so would get it down or if I needed to do anything to re-start or kindle up the yeast again (maybe raise the temp?) I thought I wouldn't need two vials to get to 9% since the yeast is advertised as a high gravity yeast but what would my options be at this point to get it down to the desired FG. My mistake was probably not using a starter, my first attempt at making anything above 7% - I usually just pitched the yeast and it took off.
Any thoughts are appreciated.
Any thoughts are appreciated.