Recent content by takeluk

I brewed this yesterday, but I forgot to put in the last hop addition! It wasn't until the beer was already in the fermenting bucket that I realized the last ounce of hops was still sitting on my kitchen counter. :mad: Can I offset this by adding 3 ounces into the dry hop, instead of 2...

Ah, wish i would've known that a few days ago. I'll keep it in mind for next time.

Final update: it was still at 1.040. It didn't budge, no matter what I did. I'm just going to assume it was bad extract. :confused: 5 gallons of Red Ale have now been dumped down the drain.

Too late. I dumped it really aggressively into another bucket, basically as an experiment. It was either that, or down the drain... so I might as well try something out and see what happens, right? It had been stuck at 1.040 for about a month, so it definitely wasn't falling any more...

Good point, I didn't think about how skinny the hydrometer tube is. Good to know. I will transfer it into a secondary tonight, leave it for a bit and see if anything happens. At least it's something to try! Otherwise it's going down the drain. It's definitely possible that the homebrew store...

Well, after all that... still at 1.040. I'm bummed. How could there have been activity and it's at the same gravity? I can't figure out what went wrong here. Must have been an infection of some kind, right? It doesn't look or smell infected, though. Also, Brewtarget showed this would be a...

I rehydrated and pitched in another packet of yeast. After about 24 hours I hadn't seen any activity yet, so I gave the bucket a good shake and a few swirls, and since then it's been bubbling every 8-10 seconds. So at least there is something happening. I hope splashing the beer around at this...

I have an immersion cooler and cooled the wort down to around 70 before pitching the yeast. I also checked my hydrometer with water and it seems to be working properly. I'll try pitching another packet of yeast and giving it a stir, hopefully I get some action, there's a lot of fermentation...

I've had a Red Ale in the fermenting bucket for 2 weeks now. I've taken a couple hydrometer readings and they have both showed 1.040. It seems to be done fermenting. Any ideas of what's happening, or what I can do? The last brew I did was a Milk Stout that stopped fermenting at 1.029, which...

Update time: After 3 weeks the airlock FINALLY slowed down. The krausen still hadn't dropped but I just moved some out of the way and racked around it. It has been bottled for just over a week now and it tastes great! We are very much enjoying it. I was worried that it would be too dry...

Mine has been in the primary for 2 weeks now. I'm also worried about an infection because it's bubbling every 8-10 seconds and the foam hasn't dropped at all. The recipe says bottle after 2 weeks, but there's no way that's going to happen. This is only the second thing I've ever fermented but...