Re: Potential causes for a high FG?

Thu Jul 02, 2009 12:47 pm

All things considered, I would say that you probably mashed a too high - or you grossly underpitched by using really old yeast. What was your lag time like? Did you oxygenate again after 8-12 hours?


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Re: Potential causes for a high FG?

Thu Jul 02, 2009 7:53 pm

Mylo wrote:All things considered, I would say that you probably mashed a too high - or you grossly underpitched by using really old yeast. What was your lag time like? Did you oxygenate again after 8-12 hours?


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