God Emporer BillyBrew
Well-Known Member
This is starting to get a bit frustrating. My last four brews have not fermented out to the point I expected them to.
My temp has been good, maybe even too high.
I aerate by shaking the heck out of the three gallons of water I add before I vigourously pour them in. I then stir my wort in a manner that definitely gets air into it for about 3-4 minutes. I use a bucket and have always been worried about putting the lid on and shaking because I don't want to get my airlock water in my brew.
The brews I'm speaking of are 1. Samuel Smith Nut Brown clone from beers captured, 2. Fat Tire from BYO, 3. Dude's SNPA clone and the one that's fermenting now, 4. Dude's Boulevard Wheat clone. The wheat hasn't stopped yet, so I might be wrong. Still, it had been in for one week last night and was only 2.5 percent so far. The SNPA tasted fine, but the Nut Brown and Fat Tire tasted weak.
Go ahead and tell me to throw away my hydrometer if you want to, but that's not advice I can follow. Besides, they're not tasting right.
Do you think I'm not getting it aerated enough? Any solutions? I'll buy a stone if I need to, but I'd prefer not to have to spend money.
My temp has been good, maybe even too high.
I aerate by shaking the heck out of the three gallons of water I add before I vigourously pour them in. I then stir my wort in a manner that definitely gets air into it for about 3-4 minutes. I use a bucket and have always been worried about putting the lid on and shaking because I don't want to get my airlock water in my brew.
The brews I'm speaking of are 1. Samuel Smith Nut Brown clone from beers captured, 2. Fat Tire from BYO, 3. Dude's SNPA clone and the one that's fermenting now, 4. Dude's Boulevard Wheat clone. The wheat hasn't stopped yet, so I might be wrong. Still, it had been in for one week last night and was only 2.5 percent so far. The SNPA tasted fine, but the Nut Brown and Fat Tire tasted weak.
Go ahead and tell me to throw away my hydrometer if you want to, but that's not advice I can follow. Besides, they're not tasting right.
Do you think I'm not getting it aerated enough? Any solutions? I'll buy a stone if I need to, but I'd prefer not to have to spend money.