Coastalbrew
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I brewed a batch of Denny's Rye smile IPA on 10/4. I pitched the yeast, wy1450, a little cool 61*. Fermentation progressed very slowly for the next 5 days, in the mid to low 60's and then I let the temp rise to 73-74*, where it has sat for the last 15 days. The air lock activity never got particularly vigorous as I had expected, but remained slow and steady. I opened up the fermenter this morning to dry hop and found this...
The beer smells great. The floaters look like yeast rafts to me, but I have never had a beer go 20 days in fermentation and the yeast not drop out. What gives? I went ahead and dry hopped, and tried to rouse the yeast to see if I can get things to normalize a bit. Any thoughts or suggestions are appreciated.
TIA
The beer smells great. The floaters look like yeast rafts to me, but I have never had a beer go 20 days in fermentation and the yeast not drop out. What gives? I went ahead and dry hopped, and tried to rouse the yeast to see if I can get things to normalize a bit. Any thoughts or suggestions are appreciated.
TIA