Anyone have any advice?

[snedek]

Hello

I recently brewed the AHS Arrogant Bastard extract clone. Well it was a little longer than recently.

Back in early September I brewed this batch up and I hit the OG that the recipe said I should hit ( 1.074). I made a yeast starter and within a day I was noticing some action in the airlock. Three days after brewing I almost regretted my decision to not use a blow-off tube when I got home and i had beer coming out of the airlock. Over the past month I have been very busy and I have not had a chance to look at it until today. I opened it up and my gravity was only at 1.028 instead of the 1.018 I should have hit. Should I attempt to add more yeast into this batch? I just picked up another vial of a white labs California ale yeast (not the same type of California ale yeast I originally used) for a barleywine I am going to brew.

The recipe called for:
1.5# crystal 120l malt for 25 minutes @ 155 degrees
10.5# amber extract for 60 minutes
2.5oz chinook hops for 60 minutes
3/4oz chinook hops for 15 minutes
3/4oz chinook hops for 5 minutes

and I used the California Ale V 051.

Any suggestions will be welcome! This is my 7th batch and this is the first time this has happened to me. Thank you!

 

[Double_D]

Rouse the yeast. You can transfer to a secondary container and pick up the yeast that way if you're worried about oxidation. You could throw in that other vial if it makes you feel better but rousing the yeast had worked for me I don't know how many times.

 

[bartbert]

What temperature did you ferment at? If it was somewhat low (60's or below), that may have caused it to poop out early. Before adding any additional yeast, you might try gently stirring to re-suspend the yeast and maintain a temperature in the mid to upper 70's.

 

[snedek]

Thanks for the suggestions. I transferred it to a secondary so hopefully that gets it going again. As for the temperatures, they were probably in the mid to upper 70's when it first got going and for most of the first month. Now they are in the mid to upper 60's. If it will make a difference I could turn the heat up.

 

[Yooper]

Thanks for the suggestions. I transferred it to a secondary so hopefully that gets it going again. As for the temperatures, they were probably in the mid to upper 70's when it first got going and for most of the first month. Now they are in the mid to upper 60's. If it will make a difference I could turn the heat up.

I think it's simply just not going to go anymore. Amber extract has crystal malt in it, and it's less fermentable than a lighter extract. Plus all of that crystal malt.

You could let it sit for a while and see if it goes any lower, but I doubt that it will at this point.