I have had a batch of this fermenting away since last Saturday evening, first 2 days a lot of bubbling through the air lock and then nothing.
Well curiosity got the better of me and I decided to have a look, took the lid off, nice beery aroma, but no krausen so to speak of.
Took a sample and it seems to be coming out at 1.045 could be slightly lower , which is a little concerning! had a taste of it and tastes quite strong ( around a 5% to 6% in my beer tasting experience!)
I’m hoping my hydrometer is not reading correct, as I can’t imagine much more fermentation is going to take place over the next week.
Has anyone had any issues with making this before? everything was sanitised throughly prior to adding the yeast, and the temp on my bucket is hovering between 18 deg C to 20 deg C
Something is definitely off. The original gravity is supposed to be 1.043. there was fermentation so the SG should be lower than the OG. This may seem like a dumb question but are you sure your hydrometer was floating freely in the sample tube?
Check your hydrometer in distilled water at 60°F. Sixty degrees is the calibration temperature for most hydrometers. The calibration temperature is printed on the card that is inside the hydrometer. The SG scale should read 1.000. Tap water will work also. With tap water the SG may show a little over 1.000.
How many gallons was in your fermentor? Did you top off to five gallons if this is the five gallon recipe?
I’m befuddled. I’ll think for awhile. Maybe someone else has ideas.
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Sanitize your hydrometer, then carefully remove your lid just enough to put your hydrometer in the beer… do give it a spin… Check your reading… Sanitizing is the key, and cover it up quickly… If there was fermentation going on, you should have a good CO2 cap, and lower pH… Sneezles61
definitely good co2 going on in there, if I push the lid I get a lot of bubbling from the air valve on the top, I will leave it until next week before disturbing it again.
I want to get all the kinks ironed out as I have just ordered ingredients for a Belgian wit via the all grain method for my next brew. Going to go with a yeast starter for that one.
will update thread with pics next week, where hopefully good news will be present!
What hydrometer is that? Typically triple scales read 2 points per line, so going by that (and if the scale on the right side of your photo is SG), counting from the .990 down to the beer line appears to be about 1.013-1.014 SG.
Sneezles61