Caribou slobber stalled?

[charliebrown52]

so I grabbed an all grain kit from nb did biab mashed at 153 temps were +or - 4 is degrees for the hour og came in at 1.057 (expected 1.055) not bad for the first run on a new system, pitched windsor ale yeast after rehydrating and held Temps at 69 in the fermentation chamber started pitched on 9/11 , vigorously fermenting the following morning continued for about 3 days now here it is 10 days layer and my gravity is at 1.040 and has been that way since I last checked it on 9/17, I swirled the fermentor and raised the temp to 72 should I repitch? Let it sit another week? Expected fg is 1.017 thanks in advance

 

[PlinyTheMiddleAged]

Charlie,

Are you using a refractometer to check the specific gravity of your beer? If so, the gravity will read high as a result of the alcohol. Try using a hydrometer after fermentation.

If you're already using a hydrometer, I'm not sure why it would stop at such a high gravity. Did you pitch enough yeast? Oxygenate?

Regards

 

[brewkinger]

Agree with hydrometer vs refractometer thought.
What temperature?
Warming it up a little bit may help if truly stalled.

 

[charliebrown52]

Useing a refractometer I will try my hydrometer I pitched one pack of dry windsor yeast and I whirlpool ed and then pumped into the fermentor letting it splash that's my only method of airateing

 

[charliebrown52]

Just took a reading with the hydrometer came in at 1.021 which is much closer to the expected 1.017 Im gonna let it sit for another week or so and then clod crash and keg it on a side not sample tasted great also if it stays put at 1.021 could that be due to comeing in at a higher than expected og? (1.057 vs 1.052)

 

[brewkinger]

Just took a reading with the hydrometer came in at 1.021 which is much closer to the expected 1.017 Im gonna let it sit for another week or so and then clod crash and keg it on a side not sample tasted great also if it stays put at 1.021 could that be due to comeing in at a higher than expected og? (1.057 vs 1.052)

Agree with using hydrometer.
Once ferment starts and alcohol is present, the refractometer reading is skewed. It can still be used but have to use conversion factor.
Both devices are useful in their own right.

The higher FG could be because of higher OG, but 0.04 points is not terribly off target.

If gravity stays constant for 2-3 consecutive days, proceed on as planned.
Cheers

 

[charliebrown52]

I trust my hydrometer but one weird thing was that I used northern brewers converter for a refractometer and it said the gravity was 1.030 which is odd but I guess I want worry to much