Odd yeast action - oh yeah
I moved my amber ale from primary to secondary over the weekend. It tasted great and looked awesome. I can’t wait until that one is ready.
The oatmeal stout was supposed to be moved as well, but when I checked the gravity, the attenuation was only at about 47%! I thought that was strange. I decided to pitch another package of yeast just to make sure things get cleaned up, but I haven’t seen any airlock activity. It sure seems done, but it definitely shouldn’t be. It should get down to around 73% or so. I guess I’ll move it this coming weekend into secondary and see what happens. If I bottle it at this gravity, I’ll be storing the bottles in a rubbermade tote that should contain the glass shards when the bottles explode:) I really don’t know what to think about this. It was the first time using the Safale -04.
I think I’ve decided to try to nail the oatmeal stout recipe down for my next recipe. Next time, I’ll leave the mash working for an extra half hour or so. My initial gravity reading was very low, and then I get no attenuation. I just don’t know what to think. Can I have a conversion issue? I don’t know. There was a very high percentage of specialty grains that can’t convert themselves in this recipe.
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