Strong Ale/Wee Heavy Fermentation Time & Temp

[skitter]

This was the first reading.... I couldn't hold out any longer.... Lol.... I plan to take another reading one week from now.

George

If you wouldn't mind letting us know what total fermentation time is, I still don't have a Hydrometer :S

 

[statseeker]

Not all calculations come out exactly right. But I think you're there. Wait 2 more weeks. This is a pretty big beer.

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[kingwood-kid]

You can try heating it up to 75-80, or adding dry yeast, or both. That may dry it out a little, it may not change anything. It'll taste a little less sweet cold and carbed, but you can enhance this with some oak, or the liquid tannin wine enhancer.

 

[Culln5]

If you wouldn't mind letting us know what total fermentation time is, I still don't have a Hydrometer :S

My plan is 30 days in the primary and then keg it under slight pressure and cold age it at 50, tasting it monthly.

George

 

[dlester]

It's not uncommon to miss the FG by a few basis points. However, since you need to let it rest, move it to a secondary and wait a few months.

 

[dlester]

It's not uncommon to miss the FG by a few basis points. However, since you need to let it rest, move it to a secondary and wait a few months.

 

[Culln5]

Well my three week gravity is also 1.030 so I'm sure my fermentation has finished. The taste test made it obvious that the beer is young and rich with alcohol. I'll keg it a week from today and try to be as patient as possible.

George

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[Culln5]

Not all calculations come out exactly right. But I think you're there. Wait 2 more weeks. This is a pretty big beer.

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Well my three week gravity is also 1.030 so I'm sure my fermentation has finished. The taste test made it obvious that the beer is young and rich with alcohol. I'll keg it a week from today and try to be as patient as possible.

George

 

[Culln5]

Week 4 and as expected my final gravity is 1.030. I have decided to put it a secondary for a week and then keg and age. It has a slight chocolate coffee taste and full body feel to it. Although, still on the wrong side. I can't wait for the three month and six month tastes!

George

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[Culln5]

She's now in a keg and aging at 50 degrees. I hope I can hold out for the 6 months!

George

 

[mi6op]

I'm glad I found this thread and it's recent. I too made a 1.090 Wee heavy w/ edinburgh yeast 028. Fermented at 65 for about 4 days then raised one degree a day to 68 till ferment completed at 1.030. After 10 days I raised to 72F and if it did anything it was clean up the diacityl and high alcohol but the gravity never went any lower. I made a starter w/ one vile and threw the yeast cake from a 5 gallon batch of 80/- in together on a 10 gallon batch. It took off fast. The beer tastes less heavy than you would think for a 1.030 beer.

So my question is what do I do now. This beer is 3 weeks old this coming Sunday. Would you move it to two kegs and throw in a fridge somewhere for storage? Should I fully carbonate? I may buy one of these 8gallon barrels the AHA sells and fill it up. If that's the case I probably shouldn't carbonate the beer at all, correct? Your thoughts please.