I brewed my first really big partial mash recently - an Imperial IPA that I plan to age on bourbon soaked oak. I'm going for the Dogfish 90 minute/Burton Baton taste.
My OG started at 1.100 for about a 4 gallon batch (I didn't want to dilute any further since I was really hoping to hit that magic 10% number, lol). I pitched a Wyeast 1098 British Ale 1L starter and pumped pure O2 through. Fermentation went fine and quickly (as 1098 always does - I use it all the time) - down to 1.035 (65% attenuation so far) but has stopped there for the last 3 days. 1098 is supposed to have 73-75% attenuation - so I was hoping to get it into the 1.025-1.028 range.
I was planning on adding a little Safale T-58 a few days before bottling since I am going to age it on oak and the alc content will be close to the upper limit of the Wyeast 1098 tolerance. Would there be any benefit to adding some T-58 now?
My OG started at 1.100 for about a 4 gallon batch (I didn't want to dilute any further since I was really hoping to hit that magic 10% number, lol). I pitched a Wyeast 1098 British Ale 1L starter and pumped pure O2 through. Fermentation went fine and quickly (as 1098 always does - I use it all the time) - down to 1.035 (65% attenuation so far) but has stopped there for the last 3 days. 1098 is supposed to have 73-75% attenuation - so I was hoping to get it into the 1.025-1.028 range.
I was planning on adding a little Safale T-58 a few days before bottling since I am going to age it on oak and the alc content will be close to the upper limit of the Wyeast 1098 tolerance. Would there be any benefit to adding some T-58 now?