sboyajian
Well-Known Member
Few weeks back I brewed my pumpkin ale. I hit all of my numbers and my OG came in at 1.068. I got the temp down using my wort chiller and pitched the yeast (WLP001 California Ale) at 70F on the dot. My basement stays exactly 70F so it's been there the whole time without fluctuation.
I have a very active first few days and had to move over to a tube since the airlock was filling up with kraussen. It remained active for what seemed like forever and after 2 weeks I went to check on it and noticed that my FG was 1.004. I was expecting about 1.016.
At first I thought "Did it get infected??" but it seemed clean. It smelled fine, the top only had some lingering yeast rafts, and everything looked good. I closed it up and let it sit a few more days to clear out, checked on it again, OG is the same, so it hasn't dropped anymore.
I've seen other people report attenuation of 85-90% of the WLP001 before, but 94% seems crazy. If it's not infected, aside from being a bit dryer, should I be worried? Clearly it's still beer, and hopefully it tastes great, but I've never experienced this before.
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TL;DR - 94% attenuation with WLP001. No signs of infection. What should I expect?
I have a very active first few days and had to move over to a tube since the airlock was filling up with kraussen. It remained active for what seemed like forever and after 2 weeks I went to check on it and noticed that my FG was 1.004. I was expecting about 1.016.
At first I thought "Did it get infected??" but it seemed clean. It smelled fine, the top only had some lingering yeast rafts, and everything looked good. I closed it up and let it sit a few more days to clear out, checked on it again, OG is the same, so it hasn't dropped anymore.
I've seen other people report attenuation of 85-90% of the WLP001 before, but 94% seems crazy. If it's not infected, aside from being a bit dryer, should I be worried? Clearly it's still beer, and hopefully it tastes great, but I've never experienced this before.
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TL;DR - 94% attenuation with WLP001. No signs of infection. What should I expect?