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So I racked to secondary today, exactly six weeks after boil. Final Gravity ended up being 1.027. Tasted the hydrometer sample and it wasn't as sweet as I feared. Really boozy, but not fusely and tasted similar to Arcadia Cereal Killer. Should I add anything to secondary, maybe sugar or...

I used half the normal amount and it carbed perfectly to my liking. 2.5 ounces

I would go for it. I have a thread going down farther about tweaking a barleywine recipe to boost abv. Seems like anyone who has successfully brewed extract above 10% racks onto a yeast cake of a previous batch.

What final gravity is intolerable? I have no problem brewing a double ipa and mixing it at bottling time. My house temp is set at 68 and beer is sitting in the spare bedroom quite a bit warmer. Airlock is still bubbling away. I'll spin the fermenter every few days to wake any dropped yeast.

None. Lol I am just nervous because I read how so many extract barleywines don't make it to even 1.020-1.025. I promise not to open the lid until January though.

I can do that. My upstairs gets pretty warm so I'll careful transfer it there while hopefully awakening some of the yeast.

Sounds good to me. I'll let her ride it out! Thanks

Does anyone think I should do a gravity reading now that I am a week into fermentation? It's still bubbling once every 5-8 seconds, but was thinking that if the gravity is still really high, I could do something to increase attenuation. Temperature has been between 64-68.

I did 5.5 gallons just because I was afraid SG would get too high.

0.5 lbs caramel 90 12 lbs amber LME 3.3 lbs Maris Otter LME (this was my own addition) 2.5 oz cascade 60 minute 1 oz centennial 30 minute 1 oz williamette 15 minute yeast starter with 1056 and pitched one pack of US-05 Should I toss in the other US-05 since it's only been a...

Added the 3 pounds of Maris Otter btw, which put me at 15 pounds of LME.

Just finished the boil....Starting gravity was 1.100. I did a starter yesterday with 1056, pitched that and a pack of US-05. I was thinking in a few days to add a pound of turbinado sugar and pitch another US-05. Bad idea? I really don't want to be stuck around 1.030-1.035 and have a...

Original recipe has 1.086 to 1.024

If I add 3 pounds of extract, it would go from 8% to 10%. 1.106 to 1.03

Looks like it won't affect much. Can I dump the US-05 and Wyeast 1056 in together instead of going to buy another US-05? I have to go to LHBS anyway, but I'd rather not spend extra money if I don't have to...