Howdy all,
Hope this is the correct place for a Voss Kviek newbie question. With all the praise surrounding this yeast, I figured I must be extra special to hose a brew this much.
11 days ago I made a Imperial Saison with an OG of 1.080. It's projected to drop down to roughly 1.018-1.015. Seems to have stalled at the 1.021 mark.
A couple of things I can think contributed to this.
1. Using a Danby kegorator for a fermentation chamber, I started off the temp at 85 for the first 2 days, and bumped it up to 90 over the course of 6 days. Fermented beautifully during that time but I noticed my temps starting to drop on day 6. The space heater crapped out. Temp has been slowly getting into the mid 70's over the course of the past week.
2. On recommendation, I only pitched 1 vial of the two I bought and gave the other to a brewer friend to play with. Wondering if I should have pitched 2?
At this point I'm wondering if I should let it ride for another week, try to stir up the yeast with a sanitized spoon and see what happens or get another space heater and try to bring the temp back up.
Suggestions?
Hope this is the correct place for a Voss Kviek newbie question. With all the praise surrounding this yeast, I figured I must be extra special to hose a brew this much.
11 days ago I made a Imperial Saison with an OG of 1.080. It's projected to drop down to roughly 1.018-1.015. Seems to have stalled at the 1.021 mark.
A couple of things I can think contributed to this.
1. Using a Danby kegorator for a fermentation chamber, I started off the temp at 85 for the first 2 days, and bumped it up to 90 over the course of 6 days. Fermented beautifully during that time but I noticed my temps starting to drop on day 6. The space heater crapped out. Temp has been slowly getting into the mid 70's over the course of the past week.
2. On recommendation, I only pitched 1 vial of the two I bought and gave the other to a brewer friend to play with. Wondering if I should have pitched 2?
At this point I'm wondering if I should let it ride for another week, try to stir up the yeast with a sanitized spoon and see what happens or get another space heater and try to bring the temp back up.
Suggestions?