Hey guys,
I brewed up an imperial stout the other night that calls for 1 pound of brown sugar. This is an extract/grain brew. OG measured at 1.096 and it is still there 14 hours later with no signs of fermentation. The yeast said "best by 1.30.11" and I pitched it yesterday which was 1.15.11. I did not do a starter for it and it was liquid yeast...not a smack pack. Irish Ale yeast. Am I panicking too early?? I made this recipe last year and by this time it was giving the blow-off tube a run for its money!! I believe that was with a smack pack. (LHB was out of the smack this time.) It was a 90 minute boil and I boiled in the 6 lbs of malt extract and 1 lb of brown sugar with 15 minutes left to go in the boil. It tastes very sweet right now.
Thanks,
evans5150
I brewed up an imperial stout the other night that calls for 1 pound of brown sugar. This is an extract/grain brew. OG measured at 1.096 and it is still there 14 hours later with no signs of fermentation. The yeast said "best by 1.30.11" and I pitched it yesterday which was 1.15.11. I did not do a starter for it and it was liquid yeast...not a smack pack. Irish Ale yeast. Am I panicking too early?? I made this recipe last year and by this time it was giving the blow-off tube a run for its money!! I believe that was with a smack pack. (LHB was out of the smack this time.) It was a 90 minute boil and I boiled in the 6 lbs of malt extract and 1 lb of brown sugar with 15 minutes left to go in the boil. It tastes very sweet right now.
Thanks,
evans5150