So I brewed a neipa Saturday, og 1.086, and to try to bring out the esters in the hornidal kviek I followed the advice here and pitched 2tbsp into 6gal wort. It fermented vigorously for the typical 2 days with temps in the 90’s then stopped dead on day 3 which is typical I find for kviek. So I soft crashed added my first dryhop, blah blah blah. added my second dryhop today and took my fg reading. 1.030. so now what. I just added the second dryhop. I have a Hornidal slurry in a pint jar. Should I add some and put the heat back on it? However what’s that gonna do to the dry hops? Won’t it induce hop creep? I should’ve just pitched the whole pack like I planned on oh well. Beer actually tasted ok, not overly sweet like I expected just a little full, expected fg is 1.016-1.018. Oh and before anyone asks. Yes reading was taken with a calibrated hydrometer not a refractometer, no there were not a lg amount of unfermentables it’s a neipa not a stout so I underpitched on purpose but allegedly kviek should’ve been able to finish this off.
i get it. Not an easy question. I reapplied the heating pad, swirled it and am gonna let it go another 4 days before cold crashing. Hopefully that’ll drop it a few more points. And looks like with the heat bumped up and a couple swirls the yeast is back working again.
i get it. Not an easy question. I reapplied the heating pad, swirled it and am gonna let it go another 4 days before cold crashing. Hopefully that’ll drop it a few more points. And looks like with the heat bumped up and a couple swirls the yeast is back working again.
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