iron_city_ap
Well-Known Member
About a month ago I brewed up my first barleywine attempt. The OG was 1.086 (target of 1.092). Double pitched with 2 tubes of WLP#001 (no starter). Within 24 hours of pitching, I had nice, steady bubbling going. The beer was fermented in a water bath at a constant 67-68 degrees. I just racked it over to a better bottle for long term storage and the gravity is 1.051 (target of 1.020).
Should I just pitch a packet of dry yeast to hopefully get fermentation started up again? I was thinking about waiting till Friday and seeing what signs the airlock shows. I'm out of town for work 4 days/week which is both good and bad. Good because I can't mess with it, and bad because I can't check on it.
My second question is about bottling it. I really don't want to keg it since it will hoard up a keg and spot in the fridge, but was wondering what people recomend for bottling. I was thinking about crash cooling, and using gelatin or posassium sorbate to knock out the old yeast, then using the tablets to carbonate (I've never used them before). A brewer friend from work said he thought the tablets still require some yeast. Anyhow, its a long ways off, but just wanted to start working on a plan for that as well.
Should I just pitch a packet of dry yeast to hopefully get fermentation started up again? I was thinking about waiting till Friday and seeing what signs the airlock shows. I'm out of town for work 4 days/week which is both good and bad. Good because I can't mess with it, and bad because I can't check on it.
My second question is about bottling it. I really don't want to keg it since it will hoard up a keg and spot in the fridge, but was wondering what people recomend for bottling. I was thinking about crash cooling, and using gelatin or posassium sorbate to knock out the old yeast, then using the tablets to carbonate (I've never used them before). A brewer friend from work said he thought the tablets still require some yeast. Anyhow, its a long ways off, but just wanted to start working on a plan for that as well.