ThatGuyRyan
Well-Known Member
Target specs 1.092 - 1.017
Mine 1.086 - 1.030 after 17 days
I did a mini-mash Sam Adams Dbl Bock clone a few weeks ago and it looks like its stuck. Here is the problem I started this on the 5th and used White Labs 838 German Lager that I started 6 days earlier and stepped it up twice to end up with 2qts of starter that I pitched.
I went crazy for 6 days with plenty of action in the air lock in fact this was the longest any of my beers showed signs of action in the airlock. I had this in my outer basement at 66 degrees for the first 10 days then moved it to the brew room where its 70. I then got sick with pneumonia so lets just say I wasn't about to open it and take some readings so I never checked it until yesterday. In fact I only went into the basement the past three weeks was to move it to the warmer room and then back to bed.
But now I am back alive and its 17 days since I started and I took a sample last night and its 1.030 with a starting OG of 1.086. The kit says to cold ferment this at 50 degrees for 10 days then secondary at 60-70 for a month but also says you can warm ferment it for 7 days each primary and secondary. Since I don't have a extra fridge I put it in my cooler basement for a while then into the warmer room.
This is also my first mini-mash and the first time instead of using two vials of yeast only using one and using a starter made well in advance. Is it too late to pitch more yeast? Should I give it a shake? Just let it sit longer? It just seems that after three weeks 1.030 is way too high and I don't see it fermenting out to 1.017 in the secondary am I wrong?
Mine 1.086 - 1.030 after 17 days
I did a mini-mash Sam Adams Dbl Bock clone a few weeks ago and it looks like its stuck. Here is the problem I started this on the 5th and used White Labs 838 German Lager that I started 6 days earlier and stepped it up twice to end up with 2qts of starter that I pitched.
I went crazy for 6 days with plenty of action in the air lock in fact this was the longest any of my beers showed signs of action in the airlock. I had this in my outer basement at 66 degrees for the first 10 days then moved it to the brew room where its 70. I then got sick with pneumonia so lets just say I wasn't about to open it and take some readings so I never checked it until yesterday. In fact I only went into the basement the past three weeks was to move it to the warmer room and then back to bed.
But now I am back alive and its 17 days since I started and I took a sample last night and its 1.030 with a starting OG of 1.086. The kit says to cold ferment this at 50 degrees for 10 days then secondary at 60-70 for a month but also says you can warm ferment it for 7 days each primary and secondary. Since I don't have a extra fridge I put it in my cooler basement for a while then into the warmer room.
This is also my first mini-mash and the first time instead of using two vials of yeast only using one and using a starter made well in advance. Is it too late to pitch more yeast? Should I give it a shake? Just let it sit longer? It just seems that after three weeks 1.030 is way too high and I don't see it fermenting out to 1.017 in the secondary am I wrong?