jb444
Active Member
Hi all,
Two days ago I had my second go at a grain brew, made 2 gallons of barley wine.
It all seemed to go well, got an OG of 1.080 @ 90F, and then pitched a wine yeast that is definately working because I used the same yeast a week earlier for a blackberry wine I made, as I wasn't sure the beer yeast i had was up to fermenting such high gravities.
(Ambient temp 68-72F)
Last night the yeast still wasnt working at all, so I added some beer yeast simply because I did not want the brew to go bad.
it is now fermenting slowly but much slower than normal after the same amount of time in any of my other brews with this yeast.
I would appreciate suggestiions as to why it wont ferment, please ask for anything that would help diagnose the problem.
Recipe (from memory, cant find it):
3.5lb MO Pale malt
Mashed @ 155F for 90 mins
2.0lb White sugar
2oz Fuggles (1oz @ 40min 1oz @ 10min)
Boiled for 40mins
Two days ago I had my second go at a grain brew, made 2 gallons of barley wine.
It all seemed to go well, got an OG of 1.080 @ 90F, and then pitched a wine yeast that is definately working because I used the same yeast a week earlier for a blackberry wine I made, as I wasn't sure the beer yeast i had was up to fermenting such high gravities.
(Ambient temp 68-72F)
Last night the yeast still wasnt working at all, so I added some beer yeast simply because I did not want the brew to go bad.
it is now fermenting slowly but much slower than normal after the same amount of time in any of my other brews with this yeast.
I would appreciate suggestiions as to why it wont ferment, please ask for anything that would help diagnose the problem.
Recipe (from memory, cant find it):
3.5lb MO Pale malt
Mashed @ 155F for 90 mins
2.0lb White sugar
2oz Fuggles (1oz @ 40min 1oz @ 10min)
Boiled for 40mins