FG to high

[brewmaster48]

All-grain brew OG 1.088 gravity after primary 1.061 FG 1.033 used o5 trub yeast What do i need to change to get my FG down to 1.015 ferment temp 68f

 

[paparker21]

Did you take multiple readings over a couple days to arrive at that FG? If you repitched trub yeast, viability and cell count could have been very low based on how old it was -- this could mean a very slow fermentation and you might have just pulled it from primary too soon. There's always re-pitching and hoping they take off i suppose.

 

[brewmaster48]

Yes multiple, When i dry hopped 3 days later and on the 7th day no movement. In the primary it worked great blew my bubblier out. Was in primary 7 days. A couple of my beers have done this. it must be not enough yeast. I have also used dry yeast safale05 one per 5gals. I do not hydrate. I have obtained OG of 1.015 with this method. Think i should start hydrating or pitching maybe a pack and half per 5 gals? Thanks for the quick response.

 

[paparker21]

Hydrating will reduce the lag time when you pitch but won't create further attenuation. You certainly could pitch more dry yeast, or, best of both worlds- use a starter. That willget the yeast kicking and conditioned to nomming on wort. It's also possible you just have a large amount of non fermentables in the wort but 33 is really high.

 

[BamaRooster]

Proper attention to pitching rates will help, no doubt about that.