I've done quite a bit of RDWHAHB before I ask this, but I'm a tad concerned & would like advice from wiser/more experienced heads here.
I've got a milk stout that doesn't want to behave. I'll put the recipe at the end, but, in short, the FG isn't coming down anywhere *near* what I expect.
5.25 gallons into primary at 1.060 (corrected). 68 degrees
sa-04 rehydrated at 85 degrees & pitched. Fermenting in the basement & the fermometor said 64 degrees. Got a good ferment & solid krausen within a day
I started checking FG after 3 weeks & it was at 1.030. It's still at 1.030 after an additional 1-1/2 weeks.
According to everything I've read & all the calculations it should be down below 1.020 at the very least. Insert noob concerns about bottle bombs, did I screw up my beer, yada yada yada
So I'm open to suggestions.
Recipe:
1 lb Black (Patent)
12.0 oz Crystal Malt - 80L
8.0 oz Chocolate Malt
Steeped at 156 for 30 minutes in 2 gallons
rinsed with 1 gallon of 170 degree water
to boil
1.50 oz EKGoldings at 60
1 lb Lactose at 15
7.5 lbs Amber LME at 10
0.50 oz EK Goldings at 5
S-04 at 68 degrees
I've got a milk stout that doesn't want to behave. I'll put the recipe at the end, but, in short, the FG isn't coming down anywhere *near* what I expect.
5.25 gallons into primary at 1.060 (corrected). 68 degrees
sa-04 rehydrated at 85 degrees & pitched. Fermenting in the basement & the fermometor said 64 degrees. Got a good ferment & solid krausen within a day
I started checking FG after 3 weeks & it was at 1.030. It's still at 1.030 after an additional 1-1/2 weeks.
According to everything I've read & all the calculations it should be down below 1.020 at the very least. Insert noob concerns about bottle bombs, did I screw up my beer, yada yada yada
So I'm open to suggestions.
Recipe:
1 lb Black (Patent)
12.0 oz Crystal Malt - 80L
8.0 oz Chocolate Malt
Steeped at 156 for 30 minutes in 2 gallons
rinsed with 1 gallon of 170 degree water
to boil
1.50 oz EKGoldings at 60
1 lb Lactose at 15
7.5 lbs Amber LME at 10
0.50 oz EK Goldings at 5
S-04 at 68 degrees