Greetings all. Thanks already and thanks in advance. I've been lurking around here since last spring and you guys have helped a great deal without any recognition from me.
I have brew #9 in the secondary.
It's a franken-IPA that is the first one to not go smoothly...
IG was 1.076 and I used a couple of packets of rehydrated dry yeast.
After 3 weeks of fermenting, gravity was still 1.026 and I suspected it wouldn't go any lower...to help it out, I moved it to a warmer part of the basement but there wasn't much change.
After 10 days in the secondary I removed the 'dry' hop bag and for the past several days have been lightly swirling once a day to see if I could spark some action.
Today I see a new foam head has developed and the airlock is bubbling.
Have I met with some success or does forming a foam head after 3 1/2 weeks mean something is wrong?
I have brew #9 in the secondary.
It's a franken-IPA that is the first one to not go smoothly...
IG was 1.076 and I used a couple of packets of rehydrated dry yeast.
After 3 weeks of fermenting, gravity was still 1.026 and I suspected it wouldn't go any lower...to help it out, I moved it to a warmer part of the basement but there wasn't much change.
After 10 days in the secondary I removed the 'dry' hop bag and for the past several days have been lightly swirling once a day to see if I could spark some action.
Today I see a new foam head has developed and the airlock is bubbling.
Have I met with some success or does forming a foam head after 3 1/2 weeks mean something is wrong?