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Ok. So my saga continues. A couple of days later the activity died and I did another gravity check. Still 1.031. Stalled again. So I happened to be finishing a bottle of Jolly Pumpkin Bam Bier and I decided to pour the dregs in. I didn't expect much but the next day the beer and airlock were...

Checked this morning and I'm down to 1.031, another couple of days and I can start crashing.

Still going after another 12 hours. Looks like we have success. I honestly didn't think it would work.[emoji106]

Well so far so good! Chamber smells like Imperial Stout...

Just talked to the wife and the airlock is bubbling slowly and there's a small amount of foam on top. So, if nothing else, the 099 hasn't gone to sleep yet.

Well I wasn't sure if us 05 would start up in such a high alcohol/low oxygen environment. Champagne yeast would probably work but the 099 is just as high alcohol tolerant so I stuck with the beer yeast.

Sorry about the multiple posts. Problems with the app.

Pitched the 099 starter this morning, no aeration. Small amount of activity from the airlock but that could be from the already fermenting starter. I'll get a better idea in the evening if it it's actually chewing at the stout sugars. I think due to the fact that it will only be chewing through...

Pitched the 099 starter this morning, no aeration. Small amount of activity from the airlock but that could be from the already fermenting starter. I'll get a better idea in the evening if it it's actually chewing at the stout sugars. I think due to the fact that it will only be chewing through...

Pitched the 099 starter today, no aeration. Small amount of activity from the airlock but that could be from the already fermenting starter. I'll get a better idea in the morning if it it's actually chewing at the stout sugars. I think due to the fact that it will only be chewing through 10-15...

So I finally got my hands on some 099 and I'm going to try pitching a 3 liter starter into this beer.

Actually I was planning to age this one for a year before bottling. I could brew another batch at that time using 009 and blend them. Thanks for the idea.

Good idea, 099 might do the trick.

I'm looking for suggestions on what to do with an Imperial Stout that failed to attenuate. First of all, I'm not new to high gravity brews. In fact this is the third time I've made this particular beer and this is the first fail. It has a 1.127 original gravity and finishes at 1.023 or so. I...

I'm also thinking about leaving out the lyles golden syrup and going with straight D-180.

That sucks! It's obviously a sugar thing as I hit all my numbers and don't think I left the chocolate out. Besides, there's so little chocolate in there it wouldn't make that much of a difference. The beer tastes like a clone of the commercial one but obviously doesn't look anything like it. At...

I thought that was a possibility but the beersmith software still shows a 27 SRM beer. That's what's confusing about this. I can't imagine it's a glitch in the program as I haven't had the problem with any beers before or after this one.

Sorry, I meant dark candi sugar. I recently ordered some syrup for my next brew and got mixed up.

Yes it's caramunich 56 from Franco Belges.

Here's the meat of the recipe. I can't remember the brand of candi sugar I used buy it was definitely dark colored and labeled as such. I believe it was marked 280 SRM.