StarrHill
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I brewed a Duvel clone extract kit from my LHBS a couple of weeks ago. I was aiming for something easy and fast, so I used dry yeast instead of a starter. Decided to use two packets of T58, sprinkled dry on top of the cooled wort.
It was going nuts within a few hours in the upper sixties. I let it cool down to the low sixties so as not to get too estery. I've heard of bubble gum and other undesirable flavors for the style from that yeast fermented too high I fermented between 62-66 for one week and checked gravity. 1.014, OG was 1.080.
Trying to get it down to about 1.006, I let it warm up over the next week, by a couple of degrees per day, and left it sitting at 75 to finish up. After a week in the mid 70s, it's at 1.012. Tasting it today, it tastes consistent with the style, with nice balance and yeast character, but still finishes a little sweet. Any ideas on how to dry it out? It got down to a decent FG, so does this count as a stuck ferm? Should I just leave it alone at higher temps for another couple of weeks? Other thoughts?
Thanks
It was going nuts within a few hours in the upper sixties. I let it cool down to the low sixties so as not to get too estery. I've heard of bubble gum and other undesirable flavors for the style from that yeast fermented too high I fermented between 62-66 for one week and checked gravity. 1.014, OG was 1.080.
Trying to get it down to about 1.006, I let it warm up over the next week, by a couple of degrees per day, and left it sitting at 75 to finish up. After a week in the mid 70s, it's at 1.012. Tasting it today, it tastes consistent with the style, with nice balance and yeast character, but still finishes a little sweet. Any ideas on how to dry it out? It got down to a decent FG, so does this count as a stuck ferm? Should I just leave it alone at higher temps for another couple of weeks? Other thoughts?
Thanks