Salanis
Well-Known Member
Okay, I got in over my head with this beer. This was my first attempt at a lager, and it had a 1.096 starting grav. Well, it's been fermenting for 6 weeks, and has been stuck at about 1.04 for the past 4.
I have repitched yeast, shaken, given it time, and it's now warming up a bit more. I'm trying to figure out what to do to salvage this guy.
I'm kind of thinking pitching an extra half pound of sugar and a starter of some champagne yeast to finish it off.
Malt bill was roughly:
6.6# Munich LME
3.3# Pilsener LME
3# Munich Malt
2# Pils Malt
2# assorted specialty malts (Crystal, Chocolate, etc.)
Fermented with a starter of WLP885. A couple weeks later, I threw in another starter of WLP885, but that appears to have had no effect.
Alternately, maybe I brew another, lighter porter and blend the two to balance the cloying sweetness this one has. Or something like that.
I have repitched yeast, shaken, given it time, and it's now warming up a bit more. I'm trying to figure out what to do to salvage this guy.
I'm kind of thinking pitching an extra half pound of sugar and a starter of some champagne yeast to finish it off.
Malt bill was roughly:
6.6# Munich LME
3.3# Pilsener LME
3# Munich Malt
2# Pils Malt
2# assorted specialty malts (Crystal, Chocolate, etc.)
Fermented with a starter of WLP885. A couple weeks later, I threw in another starter of WLP885, but that appears to have had no effect.
Alternately, maybe I brew another, lighter porter and blend the two to balance the cloying sweetness this one has. Or something like that.