Rampage
Junior Member
Hi All
For my latest 100 litre brew I followed an Old Peculiar recipe. OG was spot on at 1058 and rapidly fell to just above 1020. As the target was 1015 I left it in the FV for a while longer and ensured a brewhouse temp of 18-20C. However, even after 2 weeks in the FV the SG would not go below 1020. So I decided to transfer to the maturation tank where it has been for 3 weeks. I decided to do some secondary fermentation in the tank (rather than in bottles) so added caster sugar (400g). There has been no activity in about 4 days and the SG is still 1020. I plan to leave it alone for another 3 weeks before getting seriously worried. Any additional advice as to what to do? Should I add some yeast to the tank to try to encourage further fermentation?
For my latest 100 litre brew I followed an Old Peculiar recipe. OG was spot on at 1058 and rapidly fell to just above 1020. As the target was 1015 I left it in the FV for a while longer and ensured a brewhouse temp of 18-20C. However, even after 2 weeks in the FV the SG would not go below 1020. So I decided to transfer to the maturation tank where it has been for 3 weeks. I decided to do some secondary fermentation in the tank (rather than in bottles) so added caster sugar (400g). There has been no activity in about 4 days and the SG is still 1020. I plan to leave it alone for another 3 weeks before getting seriously worried. Any additional advice as to what to do? Should I add some yeast to the tank to try to encourage further fermentation?