dbobsbrew
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Hello,
I'm brewing my first Belgian extract beer. It's in secondary fermenter, and I think it's under attenuated. It tastes really sweet. Will that even out over time?
Should I add more yeast? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Here are some more details about the beer:
Kit: Brewer's Best Belgian Tripel. OG should be 1.083-1.086.
I f-ed up and took my OG reading after the boil, BUT before adding the other half of water for the 5 gallon batch. Also, I took a good brewer's advice and waited until the tail end of primary fermentation to add the simple sugars (I substituted 16 oz cane sugar for lame "Belgian" candy sugar.)
Targeted finishing gravity: 1.017-1.020. It is now at 1.017.
Yeast: White Labs WLP500 Trappist (weak action in less than 1 litre starter) and 1 packet dry Danstar E491.
It fermented for about 2 weeks in primary before racking to secondary. It's been in secondary for about 2 weeks.
Started fermenting at about 67 F. I tried to raise the temp 1 degree a day by moving the vessel around the house. It got up to 71 degrees around day 4 and remains there.
Thanks,
Dbob
I'm brewing my first Belgian extract beer. It's in secondary fermenter, and I think it's under attenuated. It tastes really sweet. Will that even out over time?
Should I add more yeast? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Here are some more details about the beer:
Kit: Brewer's Best Belgian Tripel. OG should be 1.083-1.086.
I f-ed up and took my OG reading after the boil, BUT before adding the other half of water for the 5 gallon batch. Also, I took a good brewer's advice and waited until the tail end of primary fermentation to add the simple sugars (I substituted 16 oz cane sugar for lame "Belgian" candy sugar.)
Targeted finishing gravity: 1.017-1.020. It is now at 1.017.
Yeast: White Labs WLP500 Trappist (weak action in less than 1 litre starter) and 1 packet dry Danstar E491.
It fermented for about 2 weeks in primary before racking to secondary. It's been in secondary for about 2 weeks.
Started fermenting at about 67 F. I tried to raise the temp 1 degree a day by moving the vessel around the house. It got up to 71 degrees around day 4 and remains there.
Thanks,
Dbob