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Ok cool I’ll check out that link.

Yeah I pitch kviek at 90 then put the seedling pad on the carboy secure it with the carboy carrier and wrap a blanket around it. I leave the pad on it for at least 5 days which is when I take my fg reading. Then if I’m happy with it I’ll take the blanket and pad off so it can cool before I add...

Do me a favor. Let me know how this goes. I already use a seedling mat just for this yeast, it works great. I get my beer to sustain in the 90’s during fermentation with kviek. I as well have also read and people recommended that yeast nutrient is a must with kviek because it ferments so warm...

Well it’s a baffling set of circumstances. The answer is in there somewhere and I’ve posted the scenario on a fb home brewers page and here and theories abound but it’s hard to just pinpoint one reason. I used the same process, grainbill, ferm method as I always have including two beers made...

That’s possible. My temp reading is me pulling a sample and putting my thermometer in it, actual internal temp during vigorous fermentation may be higher. But I’ve read that kviek likes it warm like even into low 100’s. I believe on the pack it says temp range of 75-95 I think.

I’ve read not to mess with gluco cuz it just ferments all the way down. I have alpha enzyme in hand and it’s worked for me in the past on a big stout that stalled. If I can get it to drop 10pts I’ll be happy.

See my reply above yours.

I have a whole separate thread on this problematic beer. Think it’s in the beginner brew forum also.

The OG was 1.074. I added a full pack of voss kviek and it did what it was gonna do for 3 days then dropped and stopped. Fg reading taken day 5 was 1.028. And I fermented it in the 90’s like kviek likes.

It’s alpha amylase enzyme I added not gluco like beano. And that’s why I ask because I wondered if the yeast or bubbles would make the hydrometer more buoyant throwing off the true reading.

Ok thanks. Won’t cold crashing it drop the yeast thereby halting the fermentation process?

Long story short I had a neipa that stalled out so I added amylase enzyme and 05 and it’s kicked off again. But, I don’t want the fg to drop to low, I’d like to keep it 1.014-1.016 range, it stalled at 1.028, so I’d like to take a gravity reading to see where it’s at and then when I hit my...

See that’s worse than I thought. And again I’m just baffled as to why this would happen in the first place. Maybe it was just a bad batch Of yeast. I did add some amylase enzyme and a pack of 05 and it’s kicked off again

Kviek should go past that. That’s 77% attenuation which is in the 75-85% attenuation possibility but man that seems high. I added some amylase and a pack of 05 to get it moving.

Used kviek in a neipa and today day 7 took a fg reading its 1.028. OG was 1.077. Any way I can get this down? I have some alpha amylase on hand or I could add a pack of rehydrated us-04 trying to keep in the neipa style. Gravity sample was basically a sweet malt bomb with hardly any hop...

Ok yeah I pulled my hops from the freezer measured out the quantity and added them and like all sank but like six pellets out of 3.5oz so yeah most just sank. I can’t imagine swirling would be bad since I have my blowoff going into a Mylar ballon filled with co2 but I guess I’ll see. As I swirl...

So I pulled the fermenter from the keezer at 60. Let it warm to 63 and added my 3.5oz dry hops and they dropped straight to the bottom. I swirled the carboy and then u could see particulate back in suspension but nothing floating on top. I then purged the fermenter with co2 from my keezer tank...

so I use an aeration wand with pure 02 to aerate but I don’t use yeast nutrient I stopped years ago cuz it didnt really seem to be doing anything but back then I was always making starters for yeast like wlp001, 1318 etc for neipas So I never worried because they always hit their projected fg.

Oh I’m using my hydrometer. In the appropriate temp range it’s calibrated for.

So I always mash for 90 min. And last time I used hornidal on a beer same size as yours I tried the underpitching method and used 2tbsp into 6 gal and it stalled out at 1.030 So I vowed never do that again. And I did same as I always do pitched at 90 and heated it up, aerated 60 sec, mashed 90...