permo
Well-Known Member
Here is a beer that I brewed up on the 30th of December, about 5 days ago. 6.5 gallon batch mashed at 151 pitched 3rd generation US-05 washed yeast starter, active fermentation in 4 hours. I pitched at 73 degrees and have held the fermentation temp of the ferementer at 68 for the last five days. There is still active fermentation going on and the krausen sure has not fell yet, but I was expecting to be nearing FG after 5 days. Well, not even close. 1.030 after five days after pitching a 1 liter active starter. Oddly enough this same exact yeast was washed from an oatmeal stout that went from 1.065 down to 1.014 after 7 days. I was expecting 1.012 out of this beer..especially with the low mash temp.
The way I see it I have a few options:
1. leave things as they are and hope that over the next week or two it ferements out
2. increase the temperature a few degrees and get things going.
3. throw an actively fermenting nottingham starter in there to eat up the fermentables.
OK beer experts...what to do with this one..........
13.00 lb Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 85.25 %
1.00 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 6.56 %
1.00 lb Red Wheat (3.3 SRM) Grain 6.56 %
0.25 lb Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) Grain 1.64 %
0.50 oz Summit [18.00 %] (60 min) Hops 23.1 IBU
1.00 oz Summit [18.00 %] (Dry Hop 14 days) Hops -
0.50 oz Summit [18.00 %] (60 min) (First Wort Hop) Hops 25.4 IBU
0.50 oz Summit [18.00 %] (15 min) Hops 11.5 IBU
0.50 oz Summit [18.00 %] (10 min) Hops 8.4 IBU
0.50 oz Summit [18.00 %] (5 min) Hops 4.6 IBU
Beer Profile
Measured Original Gravity: 1.063 SG
Bitterness: 73.1 IBU
Est Color: 15.1 SRM
looks tasty doesn't it? mmmmmm....marris otter.
The way I see it I have a few options:
1. leave things as they are and hope that over the next week or two it ferements out
2. increase the temperature a few degrees and get things going.
3. throw an actively fermenting nottingham starter in there to eat up the fermentables.
OK beer experts...what to do with this one..........
13.00 lb Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 85.25 %
1.00 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 6.56 %
1.00 lb Red Wheat (3.3 SRM) Grain 6.56 %
0.25 lb Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) Grain 1.64 %
0.50 oz Summit [18.00 %] (60 min) Hops 23.1 IBU
1.00 oz Summit [18.00 %] (Dry Hop 14 days) Hops -
0.50 oz Summit [18.00 %] (60 min) (First Wort Hop) Hops 25.4 IBU
0.50 oz Summit [18.00 %] (15 min) Hops 11.5 IBU
0.50 oz Summit [18.00 %] (10 min) Hops 8.4 IBU
0.50 oz Summit [18.00 %] (5 min) Hops 4.6 IBU
Beer Profile
Measured Original Gravity: 1.063 SG
Bitterness: 73.1 IBU
Est Color: 15.1 SRM
looks tasty doesn't it? mmmmmm....marris otter.