Russhole
New Member
I've been interested in homebrewing for as long as I can remember. I finally took the plunge and invested in a "Deluxe" starter kit from the local brew shop the day after christmas this year (my wife gave me cash and told me to get what ever I wanted). I also bought two beer kits; a heffeweizen, and a porter.
I brewed the heffeweizen based on the instructions with the kit, and it turned out pretty bad (i've had worse), so I decided to get creative with the porter. I pretty much used what they gave me with the kit, but I threw in a couple extra ingredients:
6 lbs Amber LME (in retrospect ???)
1 lb Dark DME
1/4 Lb Black Patent
1/2 lb Biscuit Malt
1/4 Lb Roast Barley
1 oz. Galena Hops @60 mins
1 oz Tettnang @ 15 mins
1/2 oz Star Anise @ 15 mins
1/2 lb oraganic "Mountain wildflower" honey @ flameout
1 packet safele s-04
O.G. 1.062
I brewed this on new years day this year. On 1/3 I woke up to a lout thud, and there was wort all over my ceiling (11 ft!!!), so I cleaned up and put a blow-off tube in the fermenter, and it bubbled insanely for the next few days. After it quit I checked the gravity and it was at 1.024, where it had remained as of when I checked the gravity a couple weeks ago on 3/2, and it was still at 1.024. I've been in the process of buying my new house lately, so I really didn't think about it, but I figured I might as well dump it today. I thought "Hell I'll check it one more time just to be sure" today and it's at 1.006!! Is it usual for fermentation to stick and then all of the sudden, jump down to a realistic FG. I've brewed three other brews since this one has been stuck, and they all fermented out within a week or so. Anyway, this beer tasted amazing as it sits now, so it's going to bottle in a couple of weeks after I get settled in my new place. I'm just wondering if this is commonplace, both the enormous explosion of beer, and then a seemingly stuck fermentation for a couple months, followed by sudden drop in F.G?
I brewed the heffeweizen based on the instructions with the kit, and it turned out pretty bad (i've had worse), so I decided to get creative with the porter. I pretty much used what they gave me with the kit, but I threw in a couple extra ingredients:
6 lbs Amber LME (in retrospect ???)
1 lb Dark DME
1/4 Lb Black Patent
1/2 lb Biscuit Malt
1/4 Lb Roast Barley
1 oz. Galena Hops @60 mins
1 oz Tettnang @ 15 mins
1/2 oz Star Anise @ 15 mins
1/2 lb oraganic "Mountain wildflower" honey @ flameout
1 packet safele s-04
O.G. 1.062
I brewed this on new years day this year. On 1/3 I woke up to a lout thud, and there was wort all over my ceiling (11 ft!!!), so I cleaned up and put a blow-off tube in the fermenter, and it bubbled insanely for the next few days. After it quit I checked the gravity and it was at 1.024, where it had remained as of when I checked the gravity a couple weeks ago on 3/2, and it was still at 1.024. I've been in the process of buying my new house lately, so I really didn't think about it, but I figured I might as well dump it today. I thought "Hell I'll check it one more time just to be sure" today and it's at 1.006!! Is it usual for fermentation to stick and then all of the sudden, jump down to a realistic FG. I've brewed three other brews since this one has been stuck, and they all fermented out within a week or so. Anyway, this beer tasted amazing as it sits now, so it's going to bottle in a couple of weeks after I get settled in my new place. I'm just wondering if this is commonplace, both the enormous explosion of beer, and then a seemingly stuck fermentation for a couple months, followed by sudden drop in F.G?