Beer is sickly sweet

[michur]

It's been a month since I kegged it, but hoping it's not too late to fix.

SHWMO is a big Bell's Oberon fan. So after looking at some of the threads I decided that I could cultivate the yeast from a few bottles of the "real stuff". My first time doing this. So just to make sure I had enough I ended up using the yeast from about 10 bottles. Using this I made my first yeast starter. Over about a week I got the starter up to 2L. After I decanted I pitched about 1 cup of slury into the wort. Fermentation was fast and furious. Died out in about a week. (Forgot to check the OG!!)

After about 2 weeks I was getting anxious to put this in my corney. (My first time kegging. Also my first dry hop. Lots of firsts on this one!) Figured that after the violent and fast fermentation it would be ready. This time I checked the gravity, but it was after it was already in the keg. 1.034! Frack me.

So bottom line, it's very sweet. I can't even handle more one glass at a time. I know that sometimes this can be caused by residue in the keg & o-rings, but I cleaned it well, sanatized and the guy from the LHBS said he replaced all o-rings.

Did I just keg it before it was ready or did I frack up the yeast? I want to try it again, but first want to know what I did wrong.

 

[Suthrncomfrt1884]

If it's 1.034 in the keg, it's definately too high. An oberon clone should finish around 1.010-1.015 tops. You could try letting all of the carbonation out and warming it up. Then add more yeast and hope it does the rest of the work.

 

[michur]

Thanks. I'll give that a shot. I saved some of the yeast so I could make another batch later. I assume I can just use this as my yeast cake.

Noob question....when people say "rack on a yeast cake" does this mean you put the yeast in first and then rack the wort/beer on top? I thougt ale yeast is top feeding and does it work as it makes it way from the top of wort to the bottom of the carboy.

 

[ReverseApacheMaster]

Thanks. I'll give that a shot. I saved some of the yeast so I could make another batch later. I assume I can just use this as my yeast cake.

Noob question....when people say "rack on a yeast cake" does this mean you put the yeast in first and then rack the wort/beer on top? I thougt ale yeast is top feeding and does it work as it makes it way from the top of wort to the bottom of the carboy.

Racking on a yeast cake occurs when you ferment a beer, rack it to another container, leaving behind the cake -- the trub at the bottom -- and then racking another beer on top of it.

The yeasts will wake up and make their way up.

 

[michur]

Got it. Thanks RAM!