Veronis
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Recipe: http://www.brewersbestkits.com/pdf/New BB Recipes/1022 Belgian Dark Strong Recipe.pdf
I thought I was very careful - followed all times and temps to the number; I used a 15 gallon kettle and I did steep with 2.5 gallons. The muslim bag wasn't extremely loose, nor was it tightly packed. I poured into the muslim bag and dropped it in at 160 F, then tied it off at the handle - maybe this was my error; should be be extremely loose? Temp stayed at 160 with gas burner on low.
I then added the remaining ~4 gallons prior to the first boil, before adding the malt.
I ended up with just under 5 gallons into the carboy.
Yeast used was Safale 11g dry yeast - S-04 or S-05 (I can't remember which, sorry :/ ). OG was 1.087
Fermented at ~63-64 degrees ambient temp the entire time, with a blowoff tube (thank God I used a blowoff tube for this one, holy crap). It was in the basement on a table, not on the floor.
About 5 days later the reading on SG was 1.031. I took a reading again a few days later and it was 1.030. I racked to secondary after being in primary for 16 days. That was exactly a week ago; the reading is now still 1.030 as of 20 minutes ago.
The beer already tastes great and looks good in the carboy, but the FG is supposed to be far lower than that. I'm still going to prime/bottle it and I'm sure it'll be fine, but I'm confused on the readings.
My hydrometer reads 1.000 in water.
(My first kit was an irish dry stout (Midwest's) that ended at 1.021 FG, after having begun at 1.047 OG (1.010 - 1.016 FG expected). Had used Munton's 6g dry yeast in same fermentation conditions.)
Any ideas what I might be doing wrong?
I thought I was very careful - followed all times and temps to the number; I used a 15 gallon kettle and I did steep with 2.5 gallons. The muslim bag wasn't extremely loose, nor was it tightly packed. I poured into the muslim bag and dropped it in at 160 F, then tied it off at the handle - maybe this was my error; should be be extremely loose? Temp stayed at 160 with gas burner on low.
I then added the remaining ~4 gallons prior to the first boil, before adding the malt.
I ended up with just under 5 gallons into the carboy.
Yeast used was Safale 11g dry yeast - S-04 or S-05 (I can't remember which, sorry :/ ). OG was 1.087
Fermented at ~63-64 degrees ambient temp the entire time, with a blowoff tube (thank God I used a blowoff tube for this one, holy crap). It was in the basement on a table, not on the floor.
About 5 days later the reading on SG was 1.031. I took a reading again a few days later and it was 1.030. I racked to secondary after being in primary for 16 days. That was exactly a week ago; the reading is now still 1.030 as of 20 minutes ago.
The beer already tastes great and looks good in the carboy, but the FG is supposed to be far lower than that. I'm still going to prime/bottle it and I'm sure it'll be fine, but I'm confused on the readings.
My hydrometer reads 1.000 in water.
(My first kit was an irish dry stout (Midwest's) that ended at 1.021 FG, after having begun at 1.047 OG (1.010 - 1.016 FG expected). Had used Munton's 6g dry yeast in same fermentation conditions.)
Any ideas what I might be doing wrong?