Godfather50
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Hi all, I'm seeking advice from the brewers of big beers. This is my first and has a target ABV of 9.3%. Starting SG was 1.091. I'm using Wyeast Rngwood Ale yeast which states a tolerance of 10% ABV. I kicked off by pitching 350ml of yeast slurry and tried to shake as much air into the 23l batch as poss.
After three weeks at 23c the SG has gone to 1.032. My brew app tells me that the yeast should bring it down to 1.027 when fully fermented out. After three weeks, it has been at the current SG for over a week and rousing the sediment has not reduced it any further. So I think it's stuck at about 8.5% ABV. These are my thoughts:
A) Leave it alone and progress to secondary. It will be a bit sweeter and not quite so strong as I'd hoped - but will this matter?
B) Make up a one litre starter with enough spraymalt to have an SG of 1.091, using about 200ml of fresh slurry, shake the hell out of it, wait for high krausen and pitch it in. If this option, do I rack it off the old sediment or leave that in?
So, advice pleaded. .... A or B or if I'm way off beam may be offer C?
Thanks in advance.......
After three weeks at 23c the SG has gone to 1.032. My brew app tells me that the yeast should bring it down to 1.027 when fully fermented out. After three weeks, it has been at the current SG for over a week and rousing the sediment has not reduced it any further. So I think it's stuck at about 8.5% ABV. These are my thoughts:
A) Leave it alone and progress to secondary. It will be a bit sweeter and not quite so strong as I'd hoped - but will this matter?
B) Make up a one litre starter with enough spraymalt to have an SG of 1.091, using about 200ml of fresh slurry, shake the hell out of it, wait for high krausen and pitch it in. If this option, do I rack it off the old sediment or leave that in?
So, advice pleaded. .... A or B or if I'm way off beam may be offer C?
Thanks in advance.......