About to give up on this brew.. Need Help

[RyanKoP]

I have a belgian tripel. Its been fermenting for a month. I need to get it 1.020. The problem is it just will not come down from 1.030. (its been there for 2 weeks now) I have pitched a champagne yeast, added a yeast nutrient. Still nothing has happened. My next guess would to just repitch another package of yeast. Is this alright to do? Will it affect the flavor? Any input would help... thanks

 

[Yooper]

I have a belgian tripel. Its been fermenting for a month. I need to get it 1.020. The problem is it just will not come down from 1.030. (its been there for 2 weeks now) I have pitched a champagne yeast, added a yeast nutrient. Still nothing has happened. My next guess would to just repitch another package of yeast. Is this alright to do? Will it affect the flavor? Any input would help... thanks

I have a dumb question. Why do you "need" it to get to 1.020?

If you've already pitched champage yeast, another package of ale yeast won't do a thing.

I suspect the beer was underpitched to begin with, and also that the beer is high in unfermentables, so it is probably finished up right where it is.

 

[beerman0001]

You can pitch as much yeast as you want to. If there is nothing else for it to eat it will just fall to the bottom of your fermenter. Need to know you recipe to help any more.