Panagiotis
Well-Known Member
Would appreciate your help on this one........
on 5/29/2008 i brewed an I.P.A. Muntons extract kit which started
to ferment vigorously the following day (muntons standard yeast).
A week later on 6/6/2008 i switched to secondary. The gravity reading was down to 8 brix from the initial 12 brix and didn't concern me much.
But after another 10 days the reading was still at 8 brix so i decided to throw the wort in the carboy of an ESB that i had just finished bottling and that had a nice s04 slurry in it thinking that this other yeast strain would surely attenuate by a lot the I.P.A. making a much better job than the original Muntons Yeast (attenuation should drop to 5,5 brix so that 6vol alcohol could be achieved).
Two days later the reading is still at 8 brix making me wonder if i had to aerate the wort again when i used the s04 slurry (obviously i didn't).
There is no sign of infection and the wort has a nice sweet taste and smell.
There is some bubbling so there must be something happening in there but the thing is that i expected to be seeing something more like............brix dropping
The temperature is definably more than it should be (72-74F) but the ESB fermented very well so i fail to see how this could be the problem.
I am open to suggestions.........
on 5/29/2008 i brewed an I.P.A. Muntons extract kit which started
to ferment vigorously the following day (muntons standard yeast).
A week later on 6/6/2008 i switched to secondary. The gravity reading was down to 8 brix from the initial 12 brix and didn't concern me much.
But after another 10 days the reading was still at 8 brix so i decided to throw the wort in the carboy of an ESB that i had just finished bottling and that had a nice s04 slurry in it thinking that this other yeast strain would surely attenuate by a lot the I.P.A. making a much better job than the original Muntons Yeast (attenuation should drop to 5,5 brix so that 6vol alcohol could be achieved).
Two days later the reading is still at 8 brix making me wonder if i had to aerate the wort again when i used the s04 slurry (obviously i didn't).
There is no sign of infection and the wort has a nice sweet taste and smell.
There is some bubbling so there must be something happening in there but the thing is that i expected to be seeing something more like............brix dropping
The temperature is definably more than it should be (72-74F) but the ESB fermented very well so i fail to see how this could be the problem.
I am open to suggestions.........