Good morning HBT,
I brewed a batch of JZ’s Oatmeal Stout which came in at around 1.058. I believe that I mashed way too high because I used a new thermometer; I did calibrate with ice water… but didn’t check against boiling water until a week or so later and it read ~206º. My best guess is that the mash was at around 160 or so...
The batch was pitched with Safale S-04 and fermented at around 65. So now, 2.5 weeks later the gravity is only down to 1.024. I have warmed the fermenter, swirled and stirred, and repitched with Safale S-05 (last week). No gravity change.
Does anyone have any other ideas, or should I just go ahead and bottle the batch and put them all in garbage bags in case they all explode? Thanks for any suggestions!
-Neal
I brewed a batch of JZ’s Oatmeal Stout which came in at around 1.058. I believe that I mashed way too high because I used a new thermometer; I did calibrate with ice water… but didn’t check against boiling water until a week or so later and it read ~206º. My best guess is that the mash was at around 160 or so...
The batch was pitched with Safale S-04 and fermented at around 65. So now, 2.5 weeks later the gravity is only down to 1.024. I have warmed the fermenter, swirled and stirred, and repitched with Safale S-05 (last week). No gravity change.
Does anyone have any other ideas, or should I just go ahead and bottle the batch and put them all in garbage bags in case they all explode? Thanks for any suggestions!
-Neal