Wreckoncile
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So here's the deal:
Yesterday, I brewed a 2.5 gallon clone of Avery's Old Jubilation (OG: 1.067) in preparation for the coming holiday season. My plan was to throw it on top of the Nottingham yeast cake I had for the smoked mild I had in the fermenter.
The problem was that after I already had my mash and was mid boil, I went to bottle to 10 day fermented smoked mild (OG: 1.031) and discovered that my FG was only 1.018 (while the target FG was supposed to be 1.008, although I did mistakenly forget to take my hydrometer reading until after I added my priming solution) and there was no yeast cake to speak of to pitch on (I ended up bottling anyway and just hope there is some yeast in there to carb it). I made a mistake a with the mild and pitched 2/3 of a dry nottingham package without rehydrating, figuring that even if half died I only needed 1/3 of the pack for fermentation (also figured any negative flavors from the dead yeast would be masked by the intense rauchbier flavor).
So I ended up rehydrating the remaining 1/3 of the Nottingham and pitching that onto the Old Jubilation clone. Per MrMalty, I should have used 2/3 of the Nottingham package. So here's the questions:
1. Will this beer fully ferment or will be a stuck with some sweet mess?
2. Should I add another package of yeast and if so when would that need to be added by?
3. Is my 2% ABV smoked mild going to be the biggest abomination in beer history? Will it not carbonate?
This Old Jubilation clone is only my fourth brew and I keep struggling or mucking up some part or another of my brew process each time. Someone please give me some words of encouragement because I feel like a failure of a brewer right now.
Yesterday, I brewed a 2.5 gallon clone of Avery's Old Jubilation (OG: 1.067) in preparation for the coming holiday season. My plan was to throw it on top of the Nottingham yeast cake I had for the smoked mild I had in the fermenter.
The problem was that after I already had my mash and was mid boil, I went to bottle to 10 day fermented smoked mild (OG: 1.031) and discovered that my FG was only 1.018 (while the target FG was supposed to be 1.008, although I did mistakenly forget to take my hydrometer reading until after I added my priming solution) and there was no yeast cake to speak of to pitch on (I ended up bottling anyway and just hope there is some yeast in there to carb it). I made a mistake a with the mild and pitched 2/3 of a dry nottingham package without rehydrating, figuring that even if half died I only needed 1/3 of the pack for fermentation (also figured any negative flavors from the dead yeast would be masked by the intense rauchbier flavor).
So I ended up rehydrating the remaining 1/3 of the Nottingham and pitching that onto the Old Jubilation clone. Per MrMalty, I should have used 2/3 of the Nottingham package. So here's the questions:
1. Will this beer fully ferment or will be a stuck with some sweet mess?
2. Should I add another package of yeast and if so when would that need to be added by?
3. Is my 2% ABV smoked mild going to be the biggest abomination in beer history? Will it not carbonate?
This Old Jubilation clone is only my fourth brew and I keep struggling or mucking up some part or another of my brew process each time. Someone please give me some words of encouragement because I feel like a failure of a brewer right now.