Fermentation and convection have stopped after 48 hours

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  1. boothbeer

    boothbeer Initiate (0) Jul 19, 2009 Illinois

    Brewed a session IPA on Sunday. Monday morning, fermentation was going strong. Tuesday morning bubbler was kicking hard, almost 2 times per second. Tuesday night, nothing. Done. Checked to see if there was still some convection going on, and no movement whatsoever.

    I want to dry hop this guy, but I like to do that before convection stops to move those hops around a little. Do I have reason to worry that after 48 hours there is no movement? When does convection typically stop?

    Since people usually like to know, it is a partial extract brew with steeped grains. Yeast is US-05, 3 packets rehydrated. OG was 1.052 (lower than the 1.054 estimated). Fermentation temp has been at 71 to 72 degrees. I have not checked final gravity yet. Last time I brewed this, FG came in at 1.008, lower than the 1.016 expected.
     
    #1 boothbeer, Jul 15, 2015
  2. VikeMan

    VikeMan Grand Pooh-Bah (3,067) Jul 12, 2009 Pennsylvania
    Pooh-Bah

    Not really.

    It varies. And just because you don't see wort moving doesn't mean attenuation isn't still happening.

    I'd wait a few more days and do that. Then again after 2-3 more days.
     
    #2 VikeMan, Jul 15, 2015
  3. GreenKrusty101

    GreenKrusty101 Initiate (0) Dec 4, 2008 Nevada

    That seems like an awful lot of US-05 for a 1.052 OG beer...and 71-72*F could really be 75-77*F depending how you are measuring...no wonder it is finishing fast.
     
    #3 GreenKrusty101, Jul 15, 2015
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  4. mikehartigan

    mikehartigan Maven (1,421) Apr 9, 2007 Illinois

    One packet of US-05 is plenty for five gallon batch of 1.052 OG. That said, three shouldn't cause problems.
     
    #4 mikehartigan, Jul 15, 2015
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