Hello homebrewers, I’m new to the forum. My previous brewing experience includes brewing a 1 gallon ale from extract, drinking beer, and watching YouTube.
5 weeks ago, I brewed up a batch of imperial stout In a catalyst fermentor (conical bucket with a jar on the bottom).
When I dumped in the wort, I included the hops and all. (Mistake #1)
No OG reading was recorded because I was too cheap to buy a meter. (Mistake #2)
The primary fermentation was very active after 2 dry packets of yeast.
After a week, I pulled a 12oz jar of trub from the bottom because I learned this is normally done this on day one. (Mistake #3).
After a few more days, I pulled more yeast out from the bottom so I could make bread, which was good. (Mistake #4).
At the two week mark, I misinterpreted the slowdown in the airlock as an indication that the beer was ready to be bottled. Now I realize that I took away the yeast. (Mistake #4)
After two weeks in the bottle, the beer was as flat as it was sweet.. My new hydrometer reading was 1.051.
Can I save my first stout?
Last night, I carefully poured each beer back into a CO2 purged bucket. Then I pitched a single packet of dry Champaign yeast. Then I purged the beer/wort with CO2 through the racking port. After 18 hours, I am not seeing anything encouraging.
Should I have oxygenated the beer/wort before re-pitching? Was CO2 purging another mistake?
Thanks.
5 weeks ago, I brewed up a batch of imperial stout In a catalyst fermentor (conical bucket with a jar on the bottom).
When I dumped in the wort, I included the hops and all. (Mistake #1)
No OG reading was recorded because I was too cheap to buy a meter. (Mistake #2)
The primary fermentation was very active after 2 dry packets of yeast.
After a week, I pulled a 12oz jar of trub from the bottom because I learned this is normally done this on day one. (Mistake #3).
After a few more days, I pulled more yeast out from the bottom so I could make bread, which was good. (Mistake #4).
At the two week mark, I misinterpreted the slowdown in the airlock as an indication that the beer was ready to be bottled. Now I realize that I took away the yeast. (Mistake #4)
After two weeks in the bottle, the beer was as flat as it was sweet.. My new hydrometer reading was 1.051.
Can I save my first stout?
Last night, I carefully poured each beer back into a CO2 purged bucket. Then I pitched a single packet of dry Champaign yeast. Then I purged the beer/wort with CO2 through the racking port. After 18 hours, I am not seeing anything encouraging.
Should I have oxygenated the beer/wort before re-pitching? Was CO2 purging another mistake?
Thanks.