I have an Imperial IPA that I am about to bottle and I wanted to ask if it is necessary to add additional dry yeast to make sure it carbonates properly. Here is some more info about the beer:
Yeast: repitched slurry of wlp001
OG: 1.066
FG: 1.008
ABV: 7.6%
If it was 9 or 10% abv I think I would definitely add more yeast, as that has worked well for me in the past. But I was curious what others thought at a slightly lower abv. Thanks!
I wouldn’t bother with a beer of that OG. No worries !
I would only worry if the beer had bulk aged for a very long time allowing too much yeast to settle out. And even then most lagers don’t need it, so we’re probably talking about many months of aging. I wouldn’t worry about abv until it gets over 10%.
Yep, that gravity is not even close to where I would add conditioning yeast. I only do it with high gravity beers that I have racked into a secondary and aged for a couple months.