FlashJT
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I bet a few of you are scratching your heads at the title of this post, considering most problems with Wyeast 4184 are that you either can't start it, or you get stuck fermentations. Well, I have the opposite problem, and I want it to stop fermenting.
I started this mead with SG=1.102, figuring I could get down to about 1.020, maybe 1.010 if I was lucky and took care of the yeasties. Well, I took my reading this morning and I'm down to the 1.010 mark with no real signs of stopping. They're still bubbling away quite happily in there in seems.
I don't want to go too much further, because right now we're pushing 12.5% and I don't really like going much past 13% for things if I have to. Considering these guys are only rated to 11%, I didn't think this would be a problem. Doh!
I put the carboy in the garage this morning (20's-30's for temperature) to try and pseudo cold crash and get them to stop fermenting. Assuming this stops them, will they restart again when brought back to room temp, or since the alcohol is above their happy 11% will they not be able to restart?
I know I could add the combination of k-meta and sorbate to stop these guys, but I'd prefer not to add anything I don't HAVE to. If I HAVE to, then so be it, but I figured I'd ask first and see if this pseudo cold crashing thing might work, or if they're just going to start back up again. Thoughts?
I started this mead with SG=1.102, figuring I could get down to about 1.020, maybe 1.010 if I was lucky and took care of the yeasties. Well, I took my reading this morning and I'm down to the 1.010 mark with no real signs of stopping. They're still bubbling away quite happily in there in seems.
I don't want to go too much further, because right now we're pushing 12.5% and I don't really like going much past 13% for things if I have to. Considering these guys are only rated to 11%, I didn't think this would be a problem. Doh!
I put the carboy in the garage this morning (20's-30's for temperature) to try and pseudo cold crash and get them to stop fermenting. Assuming this stops them, will they restart again when brought back to room temp, or since the alcohol is above their happy 11% will they not be able to restart?
I know I could add the combination of k-meta and sorbate to stop these guys, but I'd prefer not to add anything I don't HAVE to. If I HAVE to, then so be it, but I figured I'd ask first and see if this pseudo cold crashing thing might work, or if they're just going to start back up again. Thoughts?