WTF - Added sugar in primary, stuck ferment

Tue Jun 03, 2008 10:10 am

Belgian golden strong-, 3gal (4 gal boil): hit 3pts over pre-boil gravity, hit 2pts over SG (gravities wo/sugar included), 20% sugar (66% table, 33% corn). Sugar added to primary 2nd day of hard ferment. Looking for FG around 1.008.

yeast: WLP570 thin slurry 2.5 weeks old in fridge, ~250ml filtered once with sterile water at pitch. Active at 24hrs, servo and nutrient in boil.

Boiled sugar (2lb) in 3 cups water and poured into carboy, syrup consustency did not shake- Ferm temp was 72F on its way upto 78F

Gravity at 7d 1.020, gravity at 10 days 1.018 (78F) and won't check again until 14d (72F).

For why am I not dry as bone? :cry:
- Is the sugar sitting like a coiled snake on the bottom?
- yeast pooped?
- just sloooooow attenuation? (provious batch sugar in boil 93% atten.)

If I get another high or no atten. at 14days would you agree I should pitch a rehydrated neutral dry yeast to finish it off? Or are there other techniques?

-Cheers
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