Joshua Steele
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Hey brothers and sisters
So I've been making a Chai infused Porter (some in the boil, some dry) everything has been going great.
got about 3 more litres than expecting so may have made a few math errors but still had a gravity of 1.064 when put into the primary
used S-04 at 19C and it went really nicely, day 4 we were at 1.020. Checked again at day 7 still 1.020, so i gave it a stir and upped to 20C
now at day 10 and still at 1.020, thought i could add more yeast (dont have any though) to mop but here is the problem. I HAVE to bottle it tomorrow, as i am going away for a month i really want to get it out of my fermenter and leave it in some bottles.
last time i had this (this is only my 4th beer) I waited a further two weeks with no change, even after adding yeast, when i went to bottling (even with sugar) it came out flat and i think my yeast had died.
anyone got any pointers on how i should approach my bottling?
-add no sugar and hope the yeast mops up for some fizz
-add a tiny bit of sugar to hopefully kickstart some yeast action
-just carry on as normal and see what happens
hope you guys can help, i have 24 hours to make all decisions!
thanks!
So I've been making a Chai infused Porter (some in the boil, some dry) everything has been going great.
got about 3 more litres than expecting so may have made a few math errors but still had a gravity of 1.064 when put into the primary
used S-04 at 19C and it went really nicely, day 4 we were at 1.020. Checked again at day 7 still 1.020, so i gave it a stir and upped to 20C
now at day 10 and still at 1.020, thought i could add more yeast (dont have any though) to mop but here is the problem. I HAVE to bottle it tomorrow, as i am going away for a month i really want to get it out of my fermenter and leave it in some bottles.
last time i had this (this is only my 4th beer) I waited a further two weeks with no change, even after adding yeast, when i went to bottling (even with sugar) it came out flat and i think my yeast had died.
anyone got any pointers on how i should approach my bottling?
-add no sugar and hope the yeast mops up for some fizz
-add a tiny bit of sugar to hopefully kickstart some yeast action
-just carry on as normal and see what happens
hope you guys can help, i have 24 hours to make all decisions!
thanks!