MuddyCreek
Well-Known Member
I'm having a FG problem. I seem to consistently reach a FG of around 1.020 to 1.012. It doesn't matter what wort, or yeast I use. It doesnt' matter if I go with hydrated dry yeast or liquid yeast with a starter incubated with my stir plate.
My house is kept at a pretty consistent 63 degrees, I ferment in my basement which stays very close to that temperature. It seems all my ales fail to ferment quite as far as I'd like them to. It doesn't matter if I leave them in the fermenter for 1 week, 2 weeks or 6 weeks. I almost always end up just a bit higher than I expect.
I don't underpitch. I check the yeast cell capability and ensure I am putting in enough regardless of whether I'm using liquid, reharvested or dry (rehydrated) yeast.
Is it me? Is it that the temperature is a bit too high, or low? (I know the fermenter tends to be a bit higher than ambient temp, maybe I just need to bite the bullet and build a fermenting chamber rig and temp control with an ac unit and a pid. Any suggestions are welcome. My beer turns out very well and I'm generally happy with it, I just find it irritating that it never quite hits what I expect for a FG.
Thank you in advance. Don't JUDGE ME! ; )
My house is kept at a pretty consistent 63 degrees, I ferment in my basement which stays very close to that temperature. It seems all my ales fail to ferment quite as far as I'd like them to. It doesn't matter if I leave them in the fermenter for 1 week, 2 weeks or 6 weeks. I almost always end up just a bit higher than I expect.
I don't underpitch. I check the yeast cell capability and ensure I am putting in enough regardless of whether I'm using liquid, reharvested or dry (rehydrated) yeast.
Is it me? Is it that the temperature is a bit too high, or low? (I know the fermenter tends to be a bit higher than ambient temp, maybe I just need to bite the bullet and build a fermenting chamber rig and temp control with an ac unit and a pid. Any suggestions are welcome. My beer turns out very well and I'm generally happy with it, I just find it irritating that it never quite hits what I expect for a FG.
Thank you in advance. Don't JUDGE ME! ; )