I'm fairly new to brewingeight brews in. I have my first stuck fermentation (I think). I brewed a wheat beer extract kit three weeks ago, then pitched a one-liter starter of WLP400. OG 1.054; my first post-start-of-fermentation gravity reading was yesterdaySG was 1.020; I shook the carboy pretty well a few times (trying not to aerate); today's SG reading is the same. I've read WLP400 is a slow fermenter, but three weeks seems like a long time compared to my other brews.
FirstIf it is stuckif it doesn't pick back up in the next day or two of shakingshould I pitch more WLP400, or maybe WLP410? Or another strain to finish it off? Any suggestions?
SecondIf it would turn out well, I'd sour the beer. I've wanted to try brewing a sour anyway. What if I threw bottle dregs from a Jester King Bonnie the Rare (lacto soured Berliner weisse; unpasteurized and unfiltered) into the fermenter? Worth a try, or is that just a dumb idea?
Thanks in advance for helping a new guy.
FirstIf it is stuckif it doesn't pick back up in the next day or two of shakingshould I pitch more WLP400, or maybe WLP410? Or another strain to finish it off? Any suggestions?
SecondIf it would turn out well, I'd sour the beer. I've wanted to try brewing a sour anyway. What if I threw bottle dregs from a Jester King Bonnie the Rare (lacto soured Berliner weisse; unpasteurized and unfiltered) into the fermenter? Worth a try, or is that just a dumb idea?
Thanks in advance for helping a new guy.