Super Quick Fermentation Help

[oddcarout]

I am doing all grain 1 gallon batches. I did an amber ale Friday night. I had an OG of 1.049 at 70 degrees. The only ale yeast I could get was a smack pack Wyeast 1056. I had read that for one gallon batch you can just pitch the whole thing. This is the first time I have used Wyeast and the first time I have pitched that much yeast. I usually end up using about 2 grams per batch. The fermentation was vigourus and it was looking good. This morning when I checked on it 35 hours later nothing. So I took a SG and it is at 1.012. I was expecting a final around 1.01 and hoping for something lower. It smells great. What I want to know is if I screwed it up. If it fermenter so quick because I added too much yeast? Should I leave it for a week or rack it?

I can provide more specifics on my brewing if needed.

Thank you,

Oddcarout

 

[Yooper]

I've had beers ferment out overnight before. As long as the temperature was under 70 degrees or so, it should be fine. You may have overpitched, but it takes a lot of overpitching to impact the flavor of the beer.

If you're at 1.012 today, it may drop a bit but you realize that it's only .002 from the expected FG of 1.010, right?

 

[oddcarout]

Should I rack to my secondary or wait?


I was shocked to find it so low this morning.

Thanks

 

[Yooper]

Should I rack to my secondary or wait?


I was shocked to find it so low this morning.

Thanks

Wait. I don't rack to a secondary at all for most beers, but if you're going to do that, wait. The "secondary" is called a "bright tank" in breweries- it's where the beer has time to clear and condition a bit after fermentation ends completely.

After fermentation ends, the yeast are still active and will go back and digest less preferred sugars and then even their own waste products (like diacetyl). There is no advantage to racking to a secondary for at least 3 days after fermentation is completely finished, at a minimum.

 

[oddcarout]

Thank you, I will wait rack. I would like to clarify it some.