shaggynuts24
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this is my 3rd batch of beer --- first 2 came out lovely and highly drinkable
currently brewing a high gravity chocolate stout (i think that is what it would be classified as)
OG 1.114
i think i screwed up by pitching all my yeast --- 1-quart starter from WL0007 (Dry English Ale from white labs) I gave it a 5-hours head start in a low gravity baby wort ---- i pitched every last drop
I am currently worried about it fermenting out before consuming all the sweetness out of the beer (i think sweet beers are evil)
last February '07 i brewed a nice amber ale (OG 1.072) that ended up as a 6.3% ABV ---- after bottling most of it, i shook up the remaining yeast/beer - i bottled it and capped it then immediately stuck it in the fridge.
I opened that bottle tonight --- it was very mildly carbonated --- swirled it around a bit --- and let it sit in cabinet for 20 minutes
then i boiled 1 pint water with 1/4 cup table sugar(cane sugar) put it in a clean bucket (air tight with siphon tube coming out of the lid) - poured 1-quart cold distilled water into the bucket
then poured bottle into the bucket and siphoned off 1-pint of wort from my primary fermenter
put end of hose in a water / gin solution (50/50)
an hour later and it is bubbling
should i wait and see what happens? maybe pitch it in a day or 2 if there are no off/rancid smells?
or should i call it an abomination and throw it in the yard?
thanks for advice
currently brewing a high gravity chocolate stout (i think that is what it would be classified as)
OG 1.114
i think i screwed up by pitching all my yeast --- 1-quart starter from WL0007 (Dry English Ale from white labs) I gave it a 5-hours head start in a low gravity baby wort ---- i pitched every last drop
I am currently worried about it fermenting out before consuming all the sweetness out of the beer (i think sweet beers are evil)
last February '07 i brewed a nice amber ale (OG 1.072) that ended up as a 6.3% ABV ---- after bottling most of it, i shook up the remaining yeast/beer - i bottled it and capped it then immediately stuck it in the fridge.
I opened that bottle tonight --- it was very mildly carbonated --- swirled it around a bit --- and let it sit in cabinet for 20 minutes
then i boiled 1 pint water with 1/4 cup table sugar(cane sugar) put it in a clean bucket (air tight with siphon tube coming out of the lid) - poured 1-quart cold distilled water into the bucket
then poured bottle into the bucket and siphoned off 1-pint of wort from my primary fermenter
put end of hose in a water / gin solution (50/50)
an hour later and it is bubbling
should i wait and see what happens? maybe pitch it in a day or 2 if there are no off/rancid smells?
or should i call it an abomination and throw it in the yard?
thanks for advice