I'm tossing it down the drain!

[BierMuncher]

Tried the Beano thing a few weeks back, and didn't have good results with it. It really dried out the taste of my beer, leaving it with more of a dry, wine like taste. (It went down the drain) I went in at the high end with four tablets. If anyone does choose to go this route, I would recommend starting with only one tablet and going from there.

With four tablets, it took about three weeks for fermentation to stop.

DOH!!!

Now you tell me. I just walked back upstairs from dumping in my 3 tabs of beano. Oh well. Can't do anything now except cross my fingers. I might have used about 40% laaglanders in this brew so maybe that tough dextrin won't be converted and I'll get an okay balance. I'm just looking to get from 1026 down to about 1015 or so.

 

[McKBrew]

I definately wish you better luck. I was stuck at 1.021 and after three weeks on the beano I think it ended at 1.012. It probably depends on style of the beer, etc... as to how it will end up (Mine was a hefeweizen). Everything might be just fine.

 

[Cool Hand]

I cant get any of my brews to drop below 1.020, will more yeast hurt it? I don't want to roon it. Or would just a good stir from the bottom do it?

 

[OBX]

I just bottled a batch that had been in the 2ndary for 10 days and it either stuck at 1.026 or that is all the lower it will go. I bottled it today. The OG was 1.069 and the FG was 1.026. Does it sound like it ran out of gas or what. It is a stout and the yeast I proofed never got as active as I had expected. The fermentations was pretty active for a few days and pretty active in the 2ndary but dead for the past 10 days.

What are your thoughts?

Tim

 

[Orpheus]

You guys are worrying too much.

1.069 to 1.026 sounds pretty done to me. If it doesn't drop below 1.026 over three consecutive days, your beer is done. There's absolutely nothing wrong with that FG, and your beer sounds like it'll be delicious!

I just bottled a batch that had been in the 2ndary for 10 days and it either stuck at 1.026 or that is all the lower it will go. I bottled it today. The OG was 1.069 and the FG was 1.026. Does it sound like it ran out of gas or what. It is a stout and the yeast I proofed never got as active as I had expected. The fermentations was pretty active for a few days and pretty active in the 2ndary but dead for the past 10 days.

What are your thoughts?

Tim

 

[pinevalleybrew]

Call me crazy but I brew for taste, not ABV. Why throw it out if it tastes good. Bottle it up, it will make a good beer for a long hot summer day when you have nothing better to do than mow the lawn and drink beer.

 

[Waboom!!]

man thats weird. with good yeast and fermentables it has to ferment-(should ferment)

 

[OBX]

I hope you are correct because it did taste great. I was wondering if it would carbonate if the yeast had all pooped out - I will know in a week when I try one out. The recipe added maltodextrine which I have never used before. Is this a fermentable sugar? Could using it raise the FG?

Thanks for the advice!

Tim

You guys are worrying too much.

1.069 to 1.026 sounds pretty done to me. If it doesn't drop below 1.026 over three consecutive days, your beer is done. There's absolutely nothing wrong with that FG, and your beer sounds like it'll be delicious!

 

[ayrton]

The Beano hasn't done anything for me so far. I used the liquid drops. I'm not hopeful.