BrewingChip
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13 days ago I brewed a 5 gallon BIAB stout, OG was 1.054. Below is my recipe…
7 gallons of purified water to start with
8 lbs. English Maris Otter
1 lbs. caramel 40L
1 lbs. flaked oats
0.5 lbs. roasted barley
0.5 lbs. Weyermann Carafa III
0.5 lbs. English Chocolate Malt
Mashed at 152 degrees
1 oz. Willamette (60 min)
1 lbs. lactose (60 min)
1 oz. Willamette (15 min)
Pitched S-04, making a yeast slurry. Yielded approximately 4.75 gallons of wort.
Today, I just transferred the beer to a smaller fermentor to clarify off the yeast cake, and the gravity is now 1.022. I’m not sure if it’s because the temperature is too low where I had the bucket (my apartment is low to mid 60s this winter), but ultimately I am disappointed in the gravity. I know it could very well drop a little before I bottle in a week or so, but not by much.
What can I do, if anything, to lower the FG at this point? Add more yeast? Find a way to keep the carboy with the beer warmer? I’m all ears as I was hoping this beer would be in the ballpark of 1.010, somewhere between 5.5% and 6% Abv.
7 gallons of purified water to start with
8 lbs. English Maris Otter
1 lbs. caramel 40L
1 lbs. flaked oats
0.5 lbs. roasted barley
0.5 lbs. Weyermann Carafa III
0.5 lbs. English Chocolate Malt
Mashed at 152 degrees
1 oz. Willamette (60 min)
1 lbs. lactose (60 min)
1 oz. Willamette (15 min)
Pitched S-04, making a yeast slurry. Yielded approximately 4.75 gallons of wort.
Today, I just transferred the beer to a smaller fermentor to clarify off the yeast cake, and the gravity is now 1.022. I’m not sure if it’s because the temperature is too low where I had the bucket (my apartment is low to mid 60s this winter), but ultimately I am disappointed in the gravity. I know it could very well drop a little before I bottle in a week or so, but not by much.
What can I do, if anything, to lower the FG at this point? Add more yeast? Find a way to keep the carboy with the beer warmer? I’m all ears as I was hoping this beer would be in the ballpark of 1.010, somewhere between 5.5% and 6% Abv.