High FG imperial sweet stout

[By-Tor]

Today i racked my imperial sweet stout to secondary.After 1 month in primary, the FG reading is 1.040, this seems way high to me. Anybody ever have that FG with Imperial stout?( 1 lb of milk sugar during boil) I plan on leaving it in secondary for a month and bottle for a month.

 

[Yooper]

Today i racked my imperial sweet stout to secondary.After 1 month in primary, the FG reading is 1.040, this seems way high to me. Anybody ever have that FG with Imperial stout?( 1 lb of milk sugar during boil) I plan on leaving it in secondary for a month and bottle for a month.

Yes, it is possible. It depends on the ingredients (besides the lactose), the OG, the yeast strain and the health of the yeast, as well as the mash temperature.

 

[By-Tor]

The OG was 1.099, mash temp was 155F.19 lbs of grain, the blowoff was big for almost 48 hrs.

 

[By-Tor]

so should i add more yeast?

 

[seatbelt123]

Today i racked my imperial sweet stout to secondary.After 1 month in primary, the FG reading is 1.040, this seems way high to me. Anybody ever have that FG with Imperial stout?( 1 lb of milk sugar during boil) I plan on leaving it in secondary for a month and bottle for a month.

I'm stuck at 1028 with a double chocolate stout. The recipe targeted 1017. It tastes great but sweeter and lower ABV than I want.

 

[By-Tor]

What were your mash temps?,i'm still not sure what to do,but I guess I do have a month to figure it out before I bottle.

 

[By-Tor]

I raised the temp, I gently stirred, I pitched another pack of 04. Been in secondary since Nov.2011 and the FG is still at 1.038. I'm bottling it this weekend,I think i'll put the bottles inside a big plastic container.I sure hope I can drink this, the sample tasted great.

 

[akmike]

I just bottled a small batch imperial stout. I mashed it hot, at 158F, and boiled it a long time to get it down to about a gallon. (Minus the pre- and post-samples, and less all the trub, I ended up with 84 fl oz!) I started at 1.111 and ended at 1.042 after 3 weeks with US-05. After bottling it I bagged it and put it in a tub, and then immediately got online to see if others had had high FG experiences with imperial stouts.

I know this is a very old post, but I'm interested to know if your stout turned out okay and if you had bottle bombs. I figure I'll bottle condition mine for a year or so, so from that perspective the post isn't that old... perhaps you're still aging yours.

My post-fermentation sample tasted amazing, so I'm hoping that I'll end up with all seven bottles of an amazing beer a year from now.