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Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 9:57 pm
by JesseMcG
And no finings.
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 10:04 pm
by grub
aaaah... now the picture becomes clearer. extract generally won't ferment down nearly as far as all-grain, so your hopes of hitting 1.020 are probably a bit optimistic.
if you had a crappy smack pack and poor starter, the yeast probably struggled getting it to where it is. you might be stuck there, but i'd still consider throwing in some dry yeast to see if that helps. you'll have to check with the fermentation info for the strain, but you'll probably need to warm it up a little before re-pitching (5C sounds low, but i'm not a lager guy...).
no finings would explain haze. might still drop with time, but i wouldn't bet on it. see solution in previous post
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 10:08 pm
by JesseMcG
grub wrote:aaaah... now the picture becomes clearer. extract generally won't ferment down nearly as far as all-grain, so your hopes of hitting 1.020 are probably a bit optimistic.
if you had a crappy smack pack and poor starter, the yeast probably struggled getting it to where it is. you might be stuck there, but i'd still consider throwing in some dry yeast to see if that helps. you'll have to check with the fermentation info for the strain, but you'll probably need to warm it up a little before re-pitching (5C sounds low, but i'm not a lager guy...).
no finings would explain haze. might still drop with time, but i wouldn't bet on it. see solution in previous post
So I've heard... my last batch hit 1.020 so here's to hoping...thanks for your help.
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 12:53 pm
by JesseMcG
I let the temp climb to 13 and tossed a pack of dried lager yeast in there... hopefully it'll do a little bit of damage...