help/advice/guidance-Imperial Stout (?)-Stuck Fermentation?
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2014 1:25 pm
So I attempted an Imperial Stout. Shot for the low side of the style. Some notes: I BIAB. Generally get 60% BH Efficiency (its low but consistent give or take 1%, so for now due to limitations I'm ok with it).
Recipe:
1 Gallon Batch
2.75# - 2-Row
5 oz. - Pale Chocolate
5 oz. - Coffee Malt
3 oz. - Crystal 75L
2 oz. - Carafa II
2 oz. - Roasted Barley
2 oz. - Carapils (probably didn't need this but trying to use it up)
7 grams - Warrior (15AA) - FWH
6 gram - East Kent Goldings (5AA) - 20 Min
6 gram - EKG (5AA) - 7 Min
Safale 05 - 3/4 of Packet ( I did not rehydrate. I know I should and will in the future but did not for this batch)
Fermented @ 62 degrees
OG - 1.083
?FG? - @ 2 1/2 weeks = 1.036
At this point I thought "What the Hell?". Did a little reading online about stuck fermentation. Under-pitching seemed to be most thought of reason. Don't think that was my problem, if anything I over-pitched. Some people suggested gently rocking the carboy a few times and raising the fermentation temperature up a couple degrees each day. I tried this. I rocked the carboy and raised temp by 2 degrees each day until I got to 68 degrees. I let it sit at 68 for 4 days now. Its been 1 week since first FG reading and it is still 1.036 as of last night.
So my questions are as follows:
Did I screw this up somehow? What did I do wrong?
Is it Stuck? Is it done?
If I bottle it will I have potential bottle bombs on my hands?
Is there a way to fix it?
The hydrometer sample actually taste really good! Nice chocolate and coffee flavors, a little roastyness, slightly bitter at the end, and the slightest alcohol taste...YUM.
I await the BORG's guidance
Recipe:
1 Gallon Batch
2.75# - 2-Row
5 oz. - Pale Chocolate
5 oz. - Coffee Malt
3 oz. - Crystal 75L
2 oz. - Carafa II
2 oz. - Roasted Barley
2 oz. - Carapils (probably didn't need this but trying to use it up)
7 grams - Warrior (15AA) - FWH
6 gram - East Kent Goldings (5AA) - 20 Min
6 gram - EKG (5AA) - 7 Min
Safale 05 - 3/4 of Packet ( I did not rehydrate. I know I should and will in the future but did not for this batch)
Fermented @ 62 degrees
OG - 1.083
?FG? - @ 2 1/2 weeks = 1.036
At this point I thought "What the Hell?". Did a little reading online about stuck fermentation. Under-pitching seemed to be most thought of reason. Don't think that was my problem, if anything I over-pitched. Some people suggested gently rocking the carboy a few times and raising the fermentation temperature up a couple degrees each day. I tried this. I rocked the carboy and raised temp by 2 degrees each day until I got to 68 degrees. I let it sit at 68 for 4 days now. Its been 1 week since first FG reading and it is still 1.036 as of last night.
So my questions are as follows:
Did I screw this up somehow? What did I do wrong?
Is it Stuck? Is it done?
If I bottle it will I have potential bottle bombs on my hands?
Is there a way to fix it?
The hydrometer sample actually taste really good! Nice chocolate and coffee flavors, a little roastyness, slightly bitter at the end, and the slightest alcohol taste...YUM.
I await the BORG's guidance