Hi folks,
This is a follow-on to a recipe that had with too high a OG. The recipe and problems are documented here. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/og-too-high-wrong-yeast-82371/
According to Beer Tools Pro I was expecting an OG of 1.59. I added too much molasses and ended up with 1.071. Still don't know how it made that much difference. Still being new, I'm not sure what to do when my OG comes out different, or maybe more importantly how it should affect the FG.
Brewed on 9/29. On 10/10 The airlock activity slowed to 30 sec and on 10/10 I checked the gravity. It had a full head of krausen and a gravity of 1.030. I gently stirred the sediment and recapped the primary.
10/15 (today) I tried again to see if things were moving and its still at 1.030 with as much or more krausen. Shouldn't the gravity drop some in 5 days? According to white labs the attenuation should pull the 1.071 down to 1.018 or something.
I'm not sure what to do, wait it out, add some more yeast or move to secondary and prepare to bottle?
This is a follow-on to a recipe that had with too high a OG. The recipe and problems are documented here. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/og-too-high-wrong-yeast-82371/
According to Beer Tools Pro I was expecting an OG of 1.59. I added too much molasses and ended up with 1.071. Still don't know how it made that much difference. Still being new, I'm not sure what to do when my OG comes out different, or maybe more importantly how it should affect the FG.
Brewed on 9/29. On 10/10 The airlock activity slowed to 30 sec and on 10/10 I checked the gravity. It had a full head of krausen and a gravity of 1.030. I gently stirred the sediment and recapped the primary.
10/15 (today) I tried again to see if things were moving and its still at 1.030 with as much or more krausen. Shouldn't the gravity drop some in 5 days? According to white labs the attenuation should pull the 1.071 down to 1.018 or something.
I'm not sure what to do, wait it out, add some more yeast or move to secondary and prepare to bottle?