WTF - Added sugar in primary, stuck ferment
Posted: 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?
- 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
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?
- 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