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Hey y'all, I resently started fermenting Ujssm in 55gal barrels. I was on my 8th gen prior to starting this when i noticed an issue. I started the batch last night and checked my SG it was at 1.020.... not 1.060 where it should be so what am i doing wrong? what do i need to change or add? of course you need more info so here is what i did.
20 lbs of cracked corn
20lbs sugar
5 gal backset
6 oz tomato paste
1/4 cup baking soda
1/4 cup bakers yeast
40 ish gallons water
ph 3.8
temp 86 degrres F when yeast was pitched
bubbling this am when i checked SG
Any and all help is much appreciated. Happy stilling
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For 20 lb sugar and 40 gal water, 1.02 is just about right. It'd take 55 lb to get you 1.06.

heartcut wrote:For 20 lb sugar and 40 gal water, 1.02 is just about right. It'd take 55 lb to get you 1.06.

Thank you heart cut, now if I up my sugar to say 25-30 would that push me closer to 1.06?

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heartcut wrote:The parent site has calculators to help with that.
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Thanks Heart, i was able to figure out what i was looking for.

Get that pH up to 5 or it's gonna stall on you.

tp