Hey, all.
I've been lurking here for a while now, but this is my first actual post. So, cheers, everybody!
My problem is this: I have a partial mash Saison fermenting right now, with an OG of 1.056, and it's not budging (almost a week now) from the SG of 1.025.
Here's the skinny: it was my first partial mash; I mashed a pound of Vienna, half a pound of Belgian Biscuit, and a quarter pound of flaked wheat for one hour probably a little too high (ca. 158*). Then I did an hour boil, adding two pounds of Munton's Wheat DME at the beginning and four pounds of Breiss Pilsner DME at 15 minutes (then waited for another hot break). There was a bit of a boil-over at this point.
Afterwards I chilled it down to about 70* and pitched the 3711 straight from the smack pack (after it had been out for about 4 hours). I got vigorous fermentation and about two inches of kraeusen by the following morning, steady fermentation for the following four or five days, and then it petered out. This was all simply at room temperature, about 68*. When I checked the SG a few days later (after about a week total had passed), it was at 1.025. It hasn't moved since. I took it up to my room to warm it up - to about 75* - and nothing; I upset the yeast - nothing.
No matter how I spin it, I can't figure out why the fermentation's stuck. Any suggestions?
Many thanks!
I've been lurking here for a while now, but this is my first actual post. So, cheers, everybody!
My problem is this: I have a partial mash Saison fermenting right now, with an OG of 1.056, and it's not budging (almost a week now) from the SG of 1.025.
Here's the skinny: it was my first partial mash; I mashed a pound of Vienna, half a pound of Belgian Biscuit, and a quarter pound of flaked wheat for one hour probably a little too high (ca. 158*). Then I did an hour boil, adding two pounds of Munton's Wheat DME at the beginning and four pounds of Breiss Pilsner DME at 15 minutes (then waited for another hot break). There was a bit of a boil-over at this point.
Afterwards I chilled it down to about 70* and pitched the 3711 straight from the smack pack (after it had been out for about 4 hours). I got vigorous fermentation and about two inches of kraeusen by the following morning, steady fermentation for the following four or five days, and then it petered out. This was all simply at room temperature, about 68*. When I checked the SG a few days later (after about a week total had passed), it was at 1.025. It hasn't moved since. I took it up to my room to warm it up - to about 75* - and nothing; I upset the yeast - nothing.
No matter how I spin it, I can't figure out why the fermentation's stuck. Any suggestions?
Many thanks!