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Very well could be yeast that had been floating around... I tried my best to get through the krausen for a clean sample, but that was definitely not a perfect sample. The 1.025 from the main ferment was sampled from the top, and that's been really consistent for a few days now. My refractometer...

Yeah, everything was sanitary. It's been about 24 hours and there's some light bubbling, but the temperature dropped back down to ambient, so I suppose I should just try to warm it up by a few degrees. I can't believe I forgot about the conversion factor for the refractometer 😅 no amount of...

Refractometer. I don't really have a comparison for what uncarbonated beer is supposed to taste like, but the stuff in the main fermenter tasted really thin and watery. The stuff that had started fermenting again in the mason jar was noticeably fuller-tasting-- plus a ton of krausen.

Doing my first ever brew-- 5 gal red ale with wlp001. My OG was 1.057, and the recipe's supposed to end up around ~1.010 after 14 days or so. Exciting! Well, it's been 11 days, and fermentation has definitely stopped for at least a couple days now around 1.025. I have an automatic chiller...