Hovik
Well-Known Member
Help me talk myself out of dumping this brew down the drain...
I brewed Founders Breakfast Stout extract version (I've done the all grain version with success in the past) and it only fermented for 4 days or so before stopping. I didn't just go off the airlock - I checked with the refracto and it's frozen at 1.047 (recipe calls for a Final of 1.020. So, I moved it from a 65 degree basement to 73ish 1st floor, bubbled for an hour or so and stopped. Left it there for another week checked again still 1.047. Pitched another packet of WLP001, left another week checked again still 1.047. Boiled 3oz dextrose with tablespoon of yeast nutrient, cooled and pitched, left for a few days still 1.047. Any thoughts? ideas? criticisms?
I brewed Founders Breakfast Stout extract version (I've done the all grain version with success in the past) and it only fermented for 4 days or so before stopping. I didn't just go off the airlock - I checked with the refracto and it's frozen at 1.047 (recipe calls for a Final of 1.020. So, I moved it from a 65 degree basement to 73ish 1st floor, bubbled for an hour or so and stopped. Left it there for another week checked again still 1.047. Pitched another packet of WLP001, left another week checked again still 1.047. Boiled 3oz dextrose with tablespoon of yeast nutrient, cooled and pitched, left for a few days still 1.047. Any thoughts? ideas? criticisms?