New beer same problem

[BrewBum]

I think Alexanders is the best but Briess will be fine. Those brewers best kits that I have done and seen done, when not tinkered with, finish at the appropriate gravity reading fairly regularly. So definitely your issue was with the addition of the extra DME.

[BrewNoob]

I dunno...the RIS I did finished at 1.028 down from 1.071...was supposed to be 7-8% and it's 5.8 and i didn't tinker with that recipe and it was brewers best.

Gerard

[BrewBum]

A friend of mine has done that exact kit I think 3 times now, loves it. He has finished very low a couple times, like 1.010 once. He does bump it up with honey or sugar on occassion to about 1.083 so he has some heavy fermentables.

Are you using any oxygen or anything to add o2 back to the wort post boil?

Never the less, that definitely wasn't the problem this time, it was definitely the Laagalanders.

Add the o2 somehow, make sure the kit isn't too old, mainly the yeast in this case and try again.

[BrewNoob]

could have been the kit was old...the yeast packet said 2007 though. Next time if I try that kit again I'll double the yeast....only another buck.

Gerard

[JB-Brewer]

Did you make a start BN?... making a nice big ass starter will help your problem most likely.

[BrewNoob]

no i didn't do a starter. it called for dry yeast, nottingham, and from what I hear dry yeasts don't benefit from making a starter and actually can be bad for dry. I did dissolve/proof it though in 75 f wort for about 30 mins.

Gerard

[BrewNoob]

Ok it's been a little over 2 weeks. I dry hopped the IPA at 1.030, that was after 10 days of fermenting, as it seemed to have stopped fermenting. I moved it to my 62 F room and I like to check it daily just to see how it's clarifying. I've noticed over the last 2 day I catch it throw off an airlock bubble. not alot just maybe every 5 minutes. I had originally planned on bottling it tomorrow or monday but now I wonder. Can this still be ferming after 2 weeks? Can a ferm restart after going dormant? I have heard this can happen if it's moved to a warmer room but I had moved it to a colder room. I know it's not from racking it to a carboy disrupting the CO2 as it has been untouched for 6 days now, 10 days in primary 6 days in secondary. Thanx in advance.

Gerard

[Bugeater]

It might still be fermenting slowly. Nottingham likes colder fermentation temps. 62° is a good temp for that yeast.

Remember, yeast works on its own schedule, not yours. All the bubbles in the airlock tell you is when to start checking the gravity with the hydrometer. Lack of bubbles tells you nothing else, certainly not that fermentation is done. I would give it another week. I know the waiting is rough. It's the hardest part of brewing for a new brewer. That's why you should always have a couple of brews going at a time.

Wayne
Bugeater Brewing Company