ragreen123
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Hi everyone, I have another question about fermentation for the experts. I just finished my 6th batch of beer on Sunday night (It was a brewers best english brown ale) and this morning (a little over 4 day later and approaching 5) I took a reading because it did not appear to be fermenting. There has been no airlock activity which I understand can mean nothing, but the O.G. (1.046) has not changed since Sunday night and now I'm worried it has been to long to save it. I'm wondering should I re-pitch some yeast? I also noticed the temp may have been a little to low being around 59 to 61 degrees the first few days (we just got 8 inches of snow here in MO yesterday so that didn't help) and I'm currently trying to raise it up to 64 to 65 degrees. Another concern is that I tried to get creative and turn this into a coffee brown ale. The book I have suggested coarsely ground coffee being added right after the hop boiling was terminated during whirl pooling. I'm thinking the addition of the coffee and the low temp may be the culprits here but don't wanna run out and get more yeast if not necessary. Any thoughts would be helpful