Attenuating too fast!
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2016 1:04 pm
This is all caveated that I am using a device as the basis for my gravity readings. I am away from home during the week for work most weeks so it's the best option I have for monitoring my beer while controlling temp with the brewpi. Once home again later this week I will take a normal sample to validate with a traditional hydrometer.
Anyways, with my second LODO batch (Helles) brewed this past Saturday and pitched with a full quart slurry from my first LODO batch (Festbier) I am seeing a full 9 points of attenuation per day (both 3 gallon batches)! This seems extraordinarily high.
While possibly a "good problem"; the issue I'm facing is my beer attenuating so fast it will reach 1.5 P above FG a day or more before my temps reach 5-6 C. Furthermore I'm now expecting it to attenuate below 1.5 P above FG before I can get home to transfer to secondary. These problems no one can solve, so what I'm really wondering is if this observed speed of attenuation is abnormal? Did I just pitch waaaay too much yeast?
Anyways, with my second LODO batch (Helles) brewed this past Saturday and pitched with a full quart slurry from my first LODO batch (Festbier) I am seeing a full 9 points of attenuation per day (both 3 gallon batches)! This seems extraordinarily high.
While possibly a "good problem"; the issue I'm facing is my beer attenuating so fast it will reach 1.5 P above FG a day or more before my temps reach 5-6 C. Furthermore I'm now expecting it to attenuate below 1.5 P above FG before I can get home to transfer to secondary. These problems no one can solve, so what I'm really wondering is if this observed speed of attenuation is abnormal? Did I just pitch waaaay too much yeast?