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This was my first go at a stout also the first time using liquid yeast and the results are not as I expected.
The recipe is from GW and for a guiness clone, using quality fresh ingredients and liquid yeast from Rob.
All went well with the mash giving an OG of 1044 which was a single point above the expected. I did loose 2 Ltrs of wort as my home made plate chiller started leaking during transfer. This gave me 21 ltrs into the FV instead of the predicted 23, so not a disaster. Aeration into the FV was very good using a modified fire sprinkler head.
I raised a starter using a stir plate, DME and boiled water to 1040 and cultivated the White labs stout yeast (004) for 36 hours. This is my normal practice and has always been with previous dry yeasts, although I rehydrate these first.
Primary fermentation tooking place in my temp controlled fridge at a constant 18.5C. Initially it went off like a rocket and after 3 or 4 days was down to 1017, this is where it has stayed for an additional 7days to date. I did give it a good shake a couple of days ago to try and achieve my target FG of around 1012, but this doesn't seen to have made any difference.
Question is does 1017 sound to high to bottle.
The recipe is from GW and for a guiness clone, using quality fresh ingredients and liquid yeast from Rob.
All went well with the mash giving an OG of 1044 which was a single point above the expected. I did loose 2 Ltrs of wort as my home made plate chiller started leaking during transfer. This gave me 21 ltrs into the FV instead of the predicted 23, so not a disaster. Aeration into the FV was very good using a modified fire sprinkler head.
I raised a starter using a stir plate, DME and boiled water to 1040 and cultivated the White labs stout yeast (004) for 36 hours. This is my normal practice and has always been with previous dry yeasts, although I rehydrate these first.
Primary fermentation tooking place in my temp controlled fridge at a constant 18.5C. Initially it went off like a rocket and after 3 or 4 days was down to 1017, this is where it has stayed for an additional 7days to date. I did give it a good shake a couple of days ago to try and achieve my target FG of around 1012, but this doesn't seen to have made any difference.
Question is does 1017 sound to high to bottle.
