toddo97
Well-Known Member
I have a BW that's currently stuck at too high of a SG. This is one of my first AG brews so I was paying more attention to the mash temp getting too low and believe it mashed for the first half of the hour (I know--the important half ) at 156 (maybe 158 at the beginning) as opposed to the 152 it was supposed to. I'm worried that maybe there's not enough fermentable stuff because of this. I kettle soured it so it got pretty low (about 3.2 pH) prior to pitching yeast so that could be part of it. I made a 1L starter of WLP001 and the batch ended up being ~6 gallons. The OG was 1.042 and the target FG is 1.012. It's been sitting at 1.022 for a little over a week. 3 days ago, I did a slow swirl of my SS Brewbucket, that that didn't do anything. My options for this batch are:
1. Rehydrate a pack of US-05 and pour through the hole in the fermenter top through a funnel
--little bit of O2 gets in, but not much
2. Step one, but pop the top and slowly stir the gunk on the bottom with a spoon for a few seconds
--lots of O2 gets in, but best chance of getting fermentation to finish
3. Do nothing, bottle, and enjoy my low ABV, slightly 'thicker' beer than planned.
Right now, it tastes pretty good so I'm up for any of those options. A little worried that option 2 would hurt the final product, though.
1. Rehydrate a pack of US-05 and pour through the hole in the fermenter top through a funnel
--little bit of O2 gets in, but not much
2. Step one, but pop the top and slowly stir the gunk on the bottom with a spoon for a few seconds
--lots of O2 gets in, but best chance of getting fermentation to finish
3. Do nothing, bottle, and enjoy my low ABV, slightly 'thicker' beer than planned.
Right now, it tastes pretty good so I'm up for any of those options. A little worried that option 2 would hurt the final product, though.