Matplat
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Evening all,
So my beer got stuck, and looking for some pointers as to where I went wrong.
I brewed an AG dunkelweizen, mashed at 66-67, OG was 1.047 at 25l, threw a teaspoon of yeast nutrient in at the end of the boil. No O2 unfortunately yet, just sprayed the wort at the side of the FV during the transfer.
I was going to use a fresh smack pack of 3068 by itself, but my mother-in-law froze it for me. So I smacked it, then pitched it into a 1l starter to 'rejuvenate' it. For the record, the smack pack swelled almost immediately anyway.
I pitched the starter and fermented at 20, it took off after 12-18 hours. Subsequent krausen proceeded to cover the fridge floor, winning! Reached 1.020 after 3 days and has stayed there since (6 more days).
I did a fast ferment which got down to 1.016 after 1 more day, so I've pitched a pack of dry yeast to try and help it finish off.
Although the yeast didn't have a great start to life, I thought it would have been ok.
When I pitched the dry yeast, there was still krausen on top, don't know if that means anything. Also, the FV had zero head space, so all the krausen generated at the start, left the FV permanently. I wondered if 3068 relies on some of that krausen falling back in?
Thanks all, I'm a bit stumped.
So my beer got stuck, and looking for some pointers as to where I went wrong.
I brewed an AG dunkelweizen, mashed at 66-67, OG was 1.047 at 25l, threw a teaspoon of yeast nutrient in at the end of the boil. No O2 unfortunately yet, just sprayed the wort at the side of the FV during the transfer.
I was going to use a fresh smack pack of 3068 by itself, but my mother-in-law froze it for me. So I smacked it, then pitched it into a 1l starter to 'rejuvenate' it. For the record, the smack pack swelled almost immediately anyway.
I pitched the starter and fermented at 20, it took off after 12-18 hours. Subsequent krausen proceeded to cover the fridge floor, winning! Reached 1.020 after 3 days and has stayed there since (6 more days).
I did a fast ferment which got down to 1.016 after 1 more day, so I've pitched a pack of dry yeast to try and help it finish off.
Although the yeast didn't have a great start to life, I thought it would have been ok.
When I pitched the dry yeast, there was still krausen on top, don't know if that means anything. Also, the FV had zero head space, so all the krausen generated at the start, left the FV permanently. I wondered if 3068 relies on some of that krausen falling back in?
Thanks all, I'm a bit stumped.