cweston

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2+ gals tap water plus shaking should be fine for aeration, and I think the yeasts you've been using should be pretty tolerant of temps down to around 60, although any yeast will prefer a stable temp.

I'd be more inclined to look at changing LME brands as others have suggested.

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BierMuncher

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What brand DME are you using?

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homebrewer_99

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That check (1.000) should be at 60F.

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jdcoffman

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Is that an hour and 20 minutes? that's about the time I finish too ;-) lol couldn't help myself, had a couple HBs tonite.

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efreem01

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I've been having the same exact problem. No matter what i do, i can't get the FG below 1.02. My first batch, i racked to secondary after 1 week following the 1-2-3 rule. The second batch, i kept stirring up the yeast sediment and left the beer in the primary for 15 days. No change after the first 6.

I used Windsor Dry Ale Yeast and i did a partial boil of AHS English Ale for the first and AHS Nut Brown Ale for the second. Both basically came with a white bucket with the various DME's and other ingredients. Both also had some steeping grains.

For top off water, i used bottled and i strained out the pellet hops with a strainer. I heard this really aerates the wort. I shook the second in the fermenter more to try to aerate.

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ranger13

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Unstable temp could be a big problem, you can shell shock the yeast and they will not do there job like there are suppost to do. BUT I think that your DME is very good place to make a change and see what happens. Also a little O2 could not hurt anything.