I brewed a holiday ale (Kit from midwest) and I think I've got a stuck fermenation.
The recipe was:
6 lbs. Dark LME
3.3 lbs. Amber LME
8 oz. caramel 60(steeped)
8 oz. special B(steeped)
1 oz. Vanguard(60 minutes)
ginger,nutmeg, and cinnamon stick(10 minutes)
1 oz. cascade(2 minutes)
I used Wyeast European Ale, no starter just the smack pack.
Im first concern/question is that when I measured my OG it was 1.084! The reference on the kit instructions was 1.06201.066?? This didn't seem right but I didn't think much of it at the time. Is there any reason it should be this far off recipe?
It seemed to be going good and I planned to rack into 2nd ferm after 1 week but yeast had not dropped (still had kraeusen). I had to go out of town so I left it in primery ferm for another week.
When I returned it looked the same as when I had left it one week earlier. I measured gravity = 1.04. I had a pack of dry Nottingham yeast so I rehydraded it and added it.
After 24+ hours I just checked it again and there's no significant activity and gravity reading is still 1.04.
Does anyone have any ideas.
Temp of ferm has been ~67-68 deg.
Questions:
1. Is it stuck since there is still kraeusen? From what I've read stuck ferm usally drops and only has high gravity.
2. Any ideas on how to unstick? I've read about adding to yeast cake.
3. Should i get it out of primary ferm? It's been in there 2 weeks and 1 day.
Thanks
The recipe was:
6 lbs. Dark LME
3.3 lbs. Amber LME
8 oz. caramel 60(steeped)
8 oz. special B(steeped)
1 oz. Vanguard(60 minutes)
ginger,nutmeg, and cinnamon stick(10 minutes)
1 oz. cascade(2 minutes)
I used Wyeast European Ale, no starter just the smack pack.
Im first concern/question is that when I measured my OG it was 1.084! The reference on the kit instructions was 1.06201.066?? This didn't seem right but I didn't think much of it at the time. Is there any reason it should be this far off recipe?
It seemed to be going good and I planned to rack into 2nd ferm after 1 week but yeast had not dropped (still had kraeusen). I had to go out of town so I left it in primery ferm for another week.
When I returned it looked the same as when I had left it one week earlier. I measured gravity = 1.04. I had a pack of dry Nottingham yeast so I rehydraded it and added it.
After 24+ hours I just checked it again and there's no significant activity and gravity reading is still 1.04.
Does anyone have any ideas.
Temp of ferm has been ~67-68 deg.
Questions:
1. Is it stuck since there is still kraeusen? From what I've read stuck ferm usally drops and only has high gravity.
2. Any ideas on how to unstick? I've read about adding to yeast cake.
3. Should i get it out of primary ferm? It's been in there 2 weeks and 1 day.
Thanks