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I started an IPA for a friends wedding coming up in June using almost the same recipe I have used multiple times in the past.
#10 Vanguard Pilsen
#0.5 60L
#0.5 40L
#0.25 Caraamber
#0.25 Honey malt
using 3 oz Sterling, 2 oz Crystal, and 2 oz Citra hops throughout.
I mashed in at 155 F for 60 minutes
Sparged twice with 170 F water
Boiled 60 minutes, cooled to 46 F (quickley brought up to ~68 over 24 hours), then pitched the yeast (1 pack US-05)
OG: 1.060
Fermentation was going full-bore by 24 hours, and kept going through the week.
I left it at ~68 until 3 weeks when I transferred it to bottle, but I checked a gravity reading really quick. 1.021. Every time I have made my IPA/PA's with 1 packet US-05, they have finished by bottling at 3 weeks between 1.008-1.004. I also made a PA in tandem with this one, which is stuck at 1.019 right now.
So I brought them both up a couple degrees (warmer part of the house) after shaking them for a little extra airation to try to kick start fermentation again, and I waited 1 week.
Just checked them again, and they are in the same place 1.021/1.019 respectively.
I just aerated again, and placed them in an even warmer part of the house and added 1/2 pack to each of US-05.
I also checked my gravity meter in plain old water, and it comes in at 1.000 flat.
Any other ideas on what I should do? Or why this is happening? ANY help is appreciated!!
#10 Vanguard Pilsen
#0.5 60L
#0.5 40L
#0.25 Caraamber
#0.25 Honey malt
using 3 oz Sterling, 2 oz Crystal, and 2 oz Citra hops throughout.
I mashed in at 155 F for 60 minutes
Sparged twice with 170 F water
Boiled 60 minutes, cooled to 46 F (quickley brought up to ~68 over 24 hours), then pitched the yeast (1 pack US-05)
OG: 1.060
Fermentation was going full-bore by 24 hours, and kept going through the week.
I left it at ~68 until 3 weeks when I transferred it to bottle, but I checked a gravity reading really quick. 1.021. Every time I have made my IPA/PA's with 1 packet US-05, they have finished by bottling at 3 weeks between 1.008-1.004. I also made a PA in tandem with this one, which is stuck at 1.019 right now.
So I brought them both up a couple degrees (warmer part of the house) after shaking them for a little extra airation to try to kick start fermentation again, and I waited 1 week.
Just checked them again, and they are in the same place 1.021/1.019 respectively.
I just aerated again, and placed them in an even warmer part of the house and added 1/2 pack to each of US-05.
I also checked my gravity meter in plain old water, and it comes in at 1.000 flat.
Any other ideas on what I should do? Or why this is happening? ANY help is appreciated!!