Hello everyone. Have brewed a few lagers recently with great success but the most recent one is acting funny so i figured I would reach out.
Brewed a fairly basic pilsner on 2/21. OG 1.059 (got way better efficiency than expected). Used WLP802 from a 2L stir plate starter. Fermentation temperature 54F (glycol cooled fermenter)
The yeast must have been very happy and healthy because I had very active fermentation a few hours after pitching. On day 5 I was already at 1.02 according to my tilt (1.017 by refractometer) which is my typical queue to start the D rest. So i raised temperature to 64F. This is where the issue is. My last few lagers once the temperature was raised it typically went to FG pretty quickly. I'm expecting about 1.012 for this one. Three days at 64F and it has only gone down to 1.019. This seems very strange to me. I'm still getting a few bubbles from the airlock but gravity is not going down. New enough to lagering that i figured I would ask for some advice here.
I can very easily hook CO2 up to the bottom of my fermenter and agitate the yest if needed but not sure if that is the right thing to do. Thanks in advance.
Brewed a fairly basic pilsner on 2/21. OG 1.059 (got way better efficiency than expected). Used WLP802 from a 2L stir plate starter. Fermentation temperature 54F (glycol cooled fermenter)
The yeast must have been very happy and healthy because I had very active fermentation a few hours after pitching. On day 5 I was already at 1.02 according to my tilt (1.017 by refractometer) which is my typical queue to start the D rest. So i raised temperature to 64F. This is where the issue is. My last few lagers once the temperature was raised it typically went to FG pretty quickly. I'm expecting about 1.012 for this one. Three days at 64F and it has only gone down to 1.019. This seems very strange to me. I'm still getting a few bubbles from the airlock but gravity is not going down. New enough to lagering that i figured I would ask for some advice here.
I can very easily hook CO2 up to the bottom of my fermenter and agitate the yest if needed but not sure if that is the right thing to do. Thanks in advance.