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Yes, I stirred it well and shook the yeast starter before I pitched. Plus I have been stirring it frequently. What are some good techniques of aeration? Anyways, I finally got a tiny drop in gravity. It's down to 1.018. I'm going to check again this evening and if I get the same reading, I'll bottle...

Todd,

Just checked it yesterday because I thought that might be the problem. It sat at 1.000 in 5 gallons of water. It just seems extremely high for any final gravity (1.020), that's why I'm having a hard time considering whether to bottle or not.

Jeff

Hi everyone, Still having problems with the Chocolate espresso stout. I added a higher attenuating yeast (Nottingham). I put 3 grams in on Friday before I left town and I started to see some activity. I got back today and the gravity hadn't even dropped a point. I also added 3/4 of a tablet of the d...

Is too much yeast a bad thing? At this point I have 27 grams of dry yeast in this batch. I hope that won't result in any off flavors. Also, Should I try the dreaded "beano" and maybe drop one tablet. I only need the Gravity to go from 1.020 to 1.010. Considering it is a dark beer maybe it ...

Bill,
Maybe we could try a little stronger yeast. I've heard of people using 1/2 tsp of Champaign yeast. Maybe it has that extra kick that we need.

Hopefully the batch won't be lost,
Jeff

15 grams coopers brewers yeast
6 grams Muntons Ale Yeast
6 grams Muntons Ale Yeast

I didn't prepare a starter for the second two times I pitched it though.

Hi All, I brewed a chocolate espresso stout 8 days ago and the gravity hasn't dropped in a few days. I prepared a yeast starter with 15 grams of dry yeast 3 days prior to the brew. After pitching, there was lots of activity. The OG was 1.050, then when I checked 3 and 5 days later the gravity was at...

Hey, I'm relatively new to the scene (been brewin' for about 4 months). I just made a Munich Dunkel lager recipe and it's still at the same O.G. 4 days later. There was a bunch of foam and what looked like chunks of yeast that I stirred up when checked the gravity, but fermentation doesn't seemed to...