modelflyer2003
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Having some issues with my brew. First was a Caribou Slobber, but stouts are my choice. I brewed a Midwest Irish Stout. Would love to say the brew went off without a hitch, but I was jostling the brew kettle in the ice bath when cooling it down. Ended up not letting the Wort settle out. When I poured the chilled wort into the primary fermentor I ended up with the trub too. I figured oh well, going to leave it in the bottle when I rack to the secondary in 2 weeks. I pitched the yeast when temperature was 72 degrees. The first location was the back bathroom, the one we never use) and the temp strapped to the side of the tank wrapped in the towels was 74 degrees. The fermentation was fine and active not real aggressive, but decent. I checked the temp in my basement and it was 71 near the floor. I moved it downstairs on day 3 and for the rest of the first week it fermented fine. At the end of the first week the airlock went silent. At two weeks I transferred to the secondary. I checked the gravity 1.030. The OG was 1.043 (Recipe says OG should be 1.042-1.046). I know there is no way the beer is finished fermenting. The kit was 1 year old I will say but I find it hard to believe that the yeast was bad, because it had 3-4 days of normal airlock activity and Krausen formation. I know that the airlock is a poor judge of yeast activity, but my Slobber was active until I bottled it 7 months after brew date (I procrastinated). Couple of possibilities: stuck fermentation, yeast was too old, needs higher temp (at 70.8 right now), not enough oxygen in the wort. When I brewed I put the two gallons of water in the primary and shook the heck out of it for several minutes. After I poured the wort into the primary and added enough to make 5 gallons I forgot to aerate more. I would think the very agitated 2 gallons would be sufficient as well as the pouring into the primary of the wort and rest of the water, but maybe I am wrong. I am committed to seeing it through, but I am scratching my head. What do you think?