Abbey stuck?

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Abbey stuck?

Post by brigend-jaickie » Sat Dec 23, 2006 6:20 pm

My Brewferm Abbey has been in primary for 9 days, I just took a hydrometer reading to see if fermentation was finished. It reads 1022 - instruction say fg should be 1010. :(
I did notice that halfway through my room temperature fell and fluctuated quite a bit so I have moved it to a warmer and more stable room.
The beer was due to be bottled tomorrow:
Do I have stuck fermentation due to fluctuations?
should i leave it a few more days?
should I just bottle anyway?
should I pitch some more yeast even at this late stage?

oh the sample tastes quite good :D
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Orfy

Post by Orfy » Sat Dec 23, 2006 6:29 pm

BOOM!!!!!!!!!


In my opinion don't bottle. Do any of the rest but don't bottle.
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Post by Jim » Sat Dec 23, 2006 6:59 pm

As Orfy says, don't bottle.

It may just be that fermentation will take a bit longer due the lower temperature. As long as the wort stays above 16C it should still ferment (I'm assuming ale yeast here) but it will take longer.

Go by the gravity reading, rather than the time.
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Post by steve_flack » Sun Dec 24, 2006 3:37 pm

I've had an all-grain abbey beer stick at 1.030 and warming and stirring didn't get the yeast going (it was a liquid yeast WLP530). It did however slowly get down to 1.015 in the keg so I would say DO NOT BOTTLE. In a keg it doesn't matter if the yeast still has a little way to go. In a bottle you end up with a bomb.
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brigend-jaickie

Post by brigend-jaickie » Sun Dec 24, 2006 8:10 pm

Cheers
for the replies - I won't bottle, I'll leave it for a couple of days then I'll report back
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Post by Andy » Sun Dec 24, 2006 8:32 pm

brigend - from your blog:-

"I think I'll try DaaB's method with thin bleach the next time as it is a "no rinse" method."

Thin bleach isn't no rinse so be careful! 8)
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brigend-jaickie

Post by brigend-jaickie » Tue Dec 26, 2006 3:28 pm

What should i do then
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Post by Orfy » Tue Dec 26, 2006 4:02 pm

Stop blaming Daab! :D
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Post by Andy » Tue Dec 26, 2006 11:19 pm

brigend-jaickie wrote:What should i do then

rinse it

:lol:
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Post by beardybrewer » Thu Dec 28, 2006 10:59 am

ferment for 3 weeks. then bottle regardless of fg.
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brigend-jaickie

Post by brigend-jaickie » Fri Dec 29, 2006 8:32 pm

I took some more readings on boxing day or maybe it was wednesday - can't remember :lol:
Anyway the sg hasn't budged but I also noticed that the temperature of the beer was down to 15c
I've moved it somewhere warmer and wrpped it up.
I'm thinking pitching more yeast may be my next step?
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brigend-jaickie

Post by brigend-jaickie » Sat Dec 30, 2006 1:59 pm

Cheers DaaB I'll gently rouse this afternoon, I'm definitely going to get a fish tank heater.

I was wondering if my temperature problems were due to the low volume of liquid 9litres compared to the previos 22 litre kits I've done as well as the fact that I've got 9l in a 22l bin?
I know from going fishing that the shallows always heat up first in summer whilst the deeper water remains cold i.e the more volume the bless impact air temperature has.
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