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Offline Joe Sr.

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Re: Help with a wee heavy
« Reply #15 on: July 25, 2017, 07:27:08 am »
Sounds like you're pretty much there. Maybe use some table sugar in place of base grains in the future. That should help you get better attenuation, too.

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Re: Help with a wee heavy
« Reply #16 on: July 25, 2017, 04:39:05 pm »
Sounds like its pretty much done. You can give it a few more days, but I bet it is ready to package up. Next time, a lower mash temp with recipe consideration can help eek out a few more points. Happened to me on more than one occasion on my first attempt at a big beer.

Offline Steve L

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Re: Help with a wee heavy
« Reply #17 on: July 25, 2017, 04:47:12 pm »
On this recipe I did the boil down of About a 1/2 gallon of wort. I did not figure this into my Beersmith... honestly wasn't sure how to account for it. Could the boil down have produced a slightly higher level of unfermentables? in the end I missed my FG by about 10-12 points'. The Denny in me keeps tapping me on the shoulder saying "you really need to figure out why this beer did that". ;)
« Last Edit: July 25, 2017, 04:50:33 pm by Steve L »
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Re: Help with a wee heavy
« Reply #18 on: July 25, 2017, 05:02:07 pm »
I would rouse the yeast and raise the temperature to 70.

This bears repeating.

Offline Steve L

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Re: Help with a wee heavy
« Reply #19 on: July 25, 2017, 06:38:47 pm »
I would rouse the yeast and raise the temperature to 70.

This bears repeating.
Mighty right... did this when I pulled my sample for the force ferment. I'm gonna give it a few days and check it again.
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