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Gaday all,
Just recently I have started trying to brew heavier beer around the 5.2AV mark. Before this I was turning them out at 3.2AV – 3.6AV with good success.
With the heavier brews I'm using a Cooper's kit as the base and then either liquid or dried to reach my desired SG. This has been giving me a SG around the 1.051 mark.
The yeast that has just been off the top of the can and as usual I rehydrate (250mls -300mls) it an hour or so before hand (1pkt @ 7gms)
The problem (of sorts)
The brew doesn't seem to be fermenting out. SG 1.051 – fg1.017. I now have one sitting around the 1.030 mark
The questions
1.what should I expect my FG's to be?
2.Does the all malt brews take longer to ferment out, say the last 10 -15 points?
3.Is the yeast up to the job? Should I make a large starter? How big?
4.Or should I just increase my SG to 1.060 – 1.065?
TA
4x ???
Just recently I have started trying to brew heavier beer around the 5.2AV mark. Before this I was turning them out at 3.2AV – 3.6AV with good success.
With the heavier brews I'm using a Cooper's kit as the base and then either liquid or dried to reach my desired SG. This has been giving me a SG around the 1.051 mark.
The yeast that has just been off the top of the can and as usual I rehydrate (250mls -300mls) it an hour or so before hand (1pkt @ 7gms)
The problem (of sorts)
The brew doesn't seem to be fermenting out. SG 1.051 – fg1.017. I now have one sitting around the 1.030 mark
The questions
1.what should I expect my FG's to be?
2.Does the all malt brews take longer to ferment out, say the last 10 -15 points?
3.Is the yeast up to the job? Should I make a large starter? How big?
4.Or should I just increase my SG to 1.060 – 1.065?
TA
4x ???