I brewed an IPA with Hornindal. OG 1.074. Expected FG 1.015. Added 2 teaspoons of White Labs yeast nutrient to boil. Splashed and shook vigorously to oxygenate. Pitched yeast at 86F, put in fermenter bag with some hot water bottles and let it ride.
I added dry hops on day 4. I planned to bottle it yesterday (day 6), but had a gravity reading of 1.026. I boiled up a bit of DME and yeast nutrient, added a teaspoon of yeast slurry to that, let it get started and then dumped it in the beer. Checked the gravity 36 hours later, still 1.026. Doesn't seem like it's going to move any further. It's now down to room temperature and I don't have a heat source to bump it up.
Against my better judgment, I followed David Keith's guide and did a massive underpitch. This beer was also a partial mash with 8 lbs of extract. So, I'm not shocked that it didn't attenuate.
Should I just go ahead and bottle it? I can live with the low ABV and high FG, but I don't want bottle bombs. I don't want it to sit on those dry hops much longer either though...
Thanks!
I added dry hops on day 4. I planned to bottle it yesterday (day 6), but had a gravity reading of 1.026. I boiled up a bit of DME and yeast nutrient, added a teaspoon of yeast slurry to that, let it get started and then dumped it in the beer. Checked the gravity 36 hours later, still 1.026. Doesn't seem like it's going to move any further. It's now down to room temperature and I don't have a heat source to bump it up.
Against my better judgment, I followed David Keith's guide and did a massive underpitch. This beer was also a partial mash with 8 lbs of extract. So, I'm not shocked that it didn't attenuate.
Should I just go ahead and bottle it? I can live with the low ABV and high FG, but I don't want bottle bombs. I don't want it to sit on those dry hops much longer either though...
Thanks!