D0ug
Well-Known Member
Brewing up my first batch of Edwort's Haus Pale Ale from the extract recipe. I found all the ingredients at my LHBS with the exception that the dried whole leaf Cascade hops he had were 8% alpha.
I followed the recipe, and got the wort down to 84*F within 5 min., but had to wait overnight for it to cool down to pitching temp. I used S-05, pitched at 72*F. OG was 1.059 when corrected to 60*F. Placed in ambient temp of 66*F to ferment.
I did not have a hop sock, so I just threw the hops in to the wort loose at the specified intervals. How ever I did not have anything to strain the wort with when I add it to the fermenter, so the bulk of the hops went in with the wort.
This batch to a little longer to take off than I'm used to, about 18 hours to start perking, and then only vigorous for about 36 hours after that.
My question is, according to the recipe, Edwort's gravity was down to 1.011 with in 7-10 days and he stopped fermentation there with a cold crash. My fermentation has been going for 8 days now and has only gotten down to 1.028. The whole leaf hops have all come to the top and form a thick cap over the beer.
Could this hop cap be slowing the fermentation down? Or is there something else that could be going on? Should I be thinking of re-pitching ?
Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
I followed the recipe, and got the wort down to 84*F within 5 min., but had to wait overnight for it to cool down to pitching temp. I used S-05, pitched at 72*F. OG was 1.059 when corrected to 60*F. Placed in ambient temp of 66*F to ferment.
I did not have a hop sock, so I just threw the hops in to the wort loose at the specified intervals. How ever I did not have anything to strain the wort with when I add it to the fermenter, so the bulk of the hops went in with the wort.
This batch to a little longer to take off than I'm used to, about 18 hours to start perking, and then only vigorous for about 36 hours after that.
My question is, according to the recipe, Edwort's gravity was down to 1.011 with in 7-10 days and he stopped fermentation there with a cold crash. My fermentation has been going for 8 days now and has only gotten down to 1.028. The whole leaf hops have all come to the top and form a thick cap over the beer.
Could this hop cap be slowing the fermentation down? Or is there something else that could be going on? Should I be thinking of re-pitching ?
Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.