Help appreciated!! Will I need to dump?

Graeme24 · Mar 17, 2019

Bryan12345 said: ↑

It blows my mind how quick some people are to dump a batch. I can only speak for myself, but it takes a lot of time and a bit of money for me to make a batch of beer, even a small one.

My advice is to never dump a batch until you have taken it through the entire process. In this specific case I would suggest putting the bottles in a Rubbermaid box with a lid and waiting it out. Pop one open every few days and if the carbonation is getting higher than you’d like, pop them all, recap, and continue monitoring. Will the beer be amazing like it would have been originally? No. But it will likely be good.

In any case, you’ve learned a valuable lesson about brewing high gravity beers

RDWHAHB
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Cheers for your input. I didn't take the decision lightly but these were almost certainly going to be a ticking time bomb with a FG that high and the amount of priming sugar I used. Not worth the risk or time over 1 gallon of beer.

I've brewed lots of high gravity beers. Never had a yeast crap out on me ever. I'm just glad it was a small batch to be honest with you!

Graeme24 · Mar 17, 2019

JackHorzempa said: ↑

While researching another ongoing thread (WLP029 vs. WY2565) I found this:

“Interestingly, WLP570 (Beer085) also seems to be unable to use maltotriose. This should be the ‘Duvel’ strain, and based on this information, it should only be able to produce bone-dry beers in worts supplemented with sugars (as Duvel is, if I’ve understood correctly).”

http://beer.suregork.com/?p=3907

I wonder if this is the explanation for you high final gravity reading? Maybe your wort was rich in the sugar maltotriose and as a result you have a lot of residual maltotriose in your finished beer?

Cheers!
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Could be Jack. Also, I've since read allot of posts about people finding WLP570 being sluggish in the lower temperature range.

Help appreciated!! Will I need to dump?

Graeme24 Initiate (0) Dec 16, 2008 Ireland

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