I looked around the forums and didn't find anything on this subject...
We have just opened the first bottle of our first batch (Munton's Yorkshire Bitter) and there was very little head on the beer.
During the first fermentation it bubbled very little, and we worried the yeast might be old. When we tested it using the hydrometer we got a reading of 1.011 (OG is 1.040 - 1.040 (not sure the decimals are right, but the readings were correct for what we were making)).
Is this a case of bad yeast? Or do we simply need to be more patient and wait for the carbonation to develop further?
pL
We have just opened the first bottle of our first batch (Munton's Yorkshire Bitter) and there was very little head on the beer.
During the first fermentation it bubbled very little, and we worried the yeast might be old. When we tested it using the hydrometer we got a reading of 1.011 (OG is 1.040 - 1.040 (not sure the decimals are right, but the readings were correct for what we were making)).
Is this a case of bad yeast? Or do we simply need to be more patient and wait for the carbonation to develop further?
pL