| Boy do I feel stupid now... Here's my defense speech: you didn't specify the size of your batch, so I
assumed that you used 6,5 lbs of malt in a batch smaller than the standard
5 gal, since you claimed your starting gravity was 1.122.
However with this amount of ingredients it's simply impossible to get a gravity
that high, so the sample you took was very strange indeed, or your
hydrometer is wrong.
Also just as Michael already said it's a good thing to get oxygen into the wort
before you add the yeast. Yeast needs oxygen to grow, so it's very important
that there's lots of it in the wort in the beginning of the fermentation.
If you have two plastic buckets and a friend to help you out, then a good
way to aerate the wort is to pour it from bucket to bucket a couple of times.
If you only have one bucket then just close the lid, put your thumb on the
airlock hole and shake the poop out of it.
In any case patience is your best friend. I agree with Michael's rule of one
week primary + one week secondary. If you're feeling lazy you can also leave
your beer in the primary for the whole two weeks and it should turn out just
fine. But since you have a glass carboy, I suggest you use it as a secondary
fermenter. I know I would if I had one, it's nearly impossible to get one where
I live.
Anyways I don't really see any big problems with your brew at this point,
just small issues like the bad hydrometer and a slightly slow fermentation. But
as the big boys like to say: relax, have a homebrew... and wait for a week :)
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