Superoo
Well-Known Member
Howdy All,
I have a brew going which I think may have stopped fermenting early.
Some info...
Its an all grain stout, BIAB and no chilled for only 5 days.
All hops are flowers.
OG was 1.050.
Expected FG is 1.014.
Yeast was an October 11 packed Wyeast 1272 smack pack, which swelled fine.
Yeast was pitched at 19 degrees, and then dropped the temp the following day to 16.5.
I dry hopped 20g cascade flowers into the no chill cube.
There is nothing different I've done with this brew than any others, and I've done this receipe once before and all was fine, in fact its bloody delicious (google BN Army CYBI Rogue Shakespeare Stout).
The SG after 9 days, is 1.020 and its still stuck there.
3 days ago I pitched a pack of us05, and put the temp back up to 20, just to try something, but the krausen hasnt really fired up, and it still appears stuck.
Now - the honesty comes out...
I forgot to oxygenate the wort when I poured into the fermenter, and I am wondering if this might be the cause.
I usually only make light beers so oxygenation not seeming to be quite as important, as they all brew out fine.
My question is...
Should I give it a good flogging and oxygenate the wort, or will it damage my brew now that its 2/3 the way thru fermentation ?
(Its a fairly expensive recipe so I want to save it as best I can).
Or what other suggestions are there that might help get the SG down ?.
I cant think of anything to do here, so any ideas would be gratefully appreciated...
I have a brew going which I think may have stopped fermenting early.
Some info...
Its an all grain stout, BIAB and no chilled for only 5 days.
All hops are flowers.
OG was 1.050.
Expected FG is 1.014.
Yeast was an October 11 packed Wyeast 1272 smack pack, which swelled fine.
Yeast was pitched at 19 degrees, and then dropped the temp the following day to 16.5.
I dry hopped 20g cascade flowers into the no chill cube.
There is nothing different I've done with this brew than any others, and I've done this receipe once before and all was fine, in fact its bloody delicious (google BN Army CYBI Rogue Shakespeare Stout).
The SG after 9 days, is 1.020 and its still stuck there.
3 days ago I pitched a pack of us05, and put the temp back up to 20, just to try something, but the krausen hasnt really fired up, and it still appears stuck.
Now - the honesty comes out...
I forgot to oxygenate the wort when I poured into the fermenter, and I am wondering if this might be the cause.
I usually only make light beers so oxygenation not seeming to be quite as important, as they all brew out fine.
My question is...
Should I give it a good flogging and oxygenate the wort, or will it damage my brew now that its 2/3 the way thru fermentation ?
(Its a fairly expensive recipe so I want to save it as best I can).
Or what other suggestions are there that might help get the SG down ?.
I cant think of anything to do here, so any ideas would be gratefully appreciated...