Beano

[BrewNoob]

I have a california style IPA I tinkered with and it had a very high OG, 1.087. It seems done after 9 days but the SG is still reading 1.019 after the last 3 days. The beer tastes fine, albiet a bit syrupy taste I figure has to be left over sugars. If I were to add beano to this could I get it to drop a few points more? If yes, how many tabs should I use for a 5 gallon batch? I'd like to see the FG more like 1.016.

Thanx in advance,

Gerard

[seanhagerty]

Noob,

Be careful with that stuff. Once it starts, it tends to eat all the fermentables, leaves brews tasting watery. I would not use that in my brews. If you feel the ferm has stalled, try warming and swirling the fermenter.

Sean

[Lufah]

DO NOT USE BEANO ON THIS!

I agree with sean warm and swirl. Beano would breakdown all the sugars in there.


Travis[/b]

[Kaiser]

Guys

correct me if I'm wong here. But if you can taste sweetness then you still have fermentable sugars. I tasted malto dextrin (dextrines) and it didn't taste sweet to me. I also had beers that were mashed to high and despite their high FG they didn't tase overly sweet. This means that the yeast gave up and that adding enzymes may not help in this case.

Kai

[Lufah]

I agree Kaiser. That was what the "warm and swirl" is for. To try to get the yeast active again to eat the rest of the sugar. If that fails I would throw some dry yeast at it.

Travis

[seanhagerty]

Despite thinking less of Lufah than I can possibly describe, I think he is right. Not in a general sense, just in this particular instance.

If he ever babbles on about something, ALWAYS seek verification before using his advice, but in this case, he seems to speak with knowledge.

Sean

[BrewNoob]

You know....after pondering this a bit I realized something. Yes one of my few brain cells kicked in. I tinkered with this recipe by adding more DME. I wanted higher ABV which is what I got but I also added unfermentables to the party doing so. Therefore 1.019 is probably all I will get, being the original recipe called for an OG of 1.015-6 adding 3 lbs of pilsen xtra light probably added enough unfermentables to up the OG 3-4 points. WHEW!!! Gonna have to take a week off thinking after that insight.....Geez I got to get my head out of my ass sometimes.

Gerard

[IroPino]

Wow, I learned something today.