Final Gravity is off

[skankin_brews]

I am brewing a Honey-Nut-Brown Ale with Danistar Nottingham yeast. My initial gravity was 1.055. My yeast seemed really sluggish so I let it sit in the Primary for 2 weeks and when I transferred yesterday I took another gravity reading and it was 1.036. I know in a weeks time the yeast are not going to get it down to 1.017 like I had planned.

My question if I re-pitch the yeast, is going to make things go to crazy or just have a weak beer?

 

[unionrdr]

Pitch some more yeast,it'll only eat the simple sugars. Not the long chain sugars that make color,body,& flavor. You def gotta get that 1.036 lower.

 

[helibrewer]

What is your fermentation temp?

 

[JonK331]

How much honey is in there? Honey usually ferments out much more than that. Yes, pitch more yeast.

 

[skankin_brews]

Temp has been around 65 F

 

[Shooter]

How did you measure final gravity?

 

[skankin_brews]

Right before I transferred to the secondary, I put some in my test tube and used my hydrometer

 

[skankin_brews]

Well I re-pitched today when I got home from work. This time.the yeast actually looked alive when I dumped them in

 

[stratslinger]

In the future, if you really want to use a secondary, test your sample (like it sounds like you did). But if your sample tells you you haven't reached your final gravity yet, don't transfer yet. Wait to rack to secondary until you've reached FG, and you'll avoid the need to repitch.

 

[skankin_brews]

Thanks for the advice.