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74 to 76 might be a little in the high side for fermentation. Remember that fermentation is an exothermic activity, so while you may be pitching yeast into wort that is 68-70 F, the fermenting wil increase the temperature up to 8 degrees. You don't mention whether you are fermenting in a plastic or ...

I'm a chronic worrier. I re-calculated my timeline, and realized that my SG at 1.030 was measured after 4 weeks in secondary. It still means that the gravity didn't drop at all in the secondary, but for the style, it is still on the high end of acceptable. I plan on bottling this next weekend after ...

So, I racked an OG 1.091 Imperial stout to secondary about 3 weeks ago. The SG had been fairly stable at 1.030 for 3 days before I transferred to the secondary. After 1 week in secondary, it hadn't dropped, so I repitched and decided to leave it to it's business. Now, 2 more weeks have one by, and n...