Hi guys,
I threw together a batch of ginger beer 7 days ago using the following:
3kg Raw sugar
2 Lemons (juice and rind)
Lightly boiled a kilo of ginger for 2 hours, sieved.
5g vegemite (a spread that consists mainly of yeast extract and malt extract, often used around australia and NZ in peitre dishes for growing bacteria/fungi, figured it would be a good nutrient).
and some spices, mainly cinnamon.
23L water
A packet of Safale s-04, started at about 23C, has been kept around 18-20 since then.
So my problem is this:
Initial G: 1.050
Day 3 SG: 1.042
Current SG: 1.040
Expected FG: 1.010
I'm not sure whether it is stuck (in which case I would just throw in more yeast), finished fermenting (which seems unlikely, but I am a little thrown off by having no malt in there), or out of nutrients (which again would be due to the lack of malt, but I tried to counter this by using raw sugar and the vegemite).
In the last day or so a small krasen has formed, but it does not appear to be accompanied by any actual fermentation.
Please help.
I threw together a batch of ginger beer 7 days ago using the following:
3kg Raw sugar
2 Lemons (juice and rind)
Lightly boiled a kilo of ginger for 2 hours, sieved.
5g vegemite (a spread that consists mainly of yeast extract and malt extract, often used around australia and NZ in peitre dishes for growing bacteria/fungi, figured it would be a good nutrient).
and some spices, mainly cinnamon.
23L water
A packet of Safale s-04, started at about 23C, has been kept around 18-20 since then.
So my problem is this:
Initial G: 1.050
Day 3 SG: 1.042
Current SG: 1.040
Expected FG: 1.010
I'm not sure whether it is stuck (in which case I would just throw in more yeast), finished fermenting (which seems unlikely, but I am a little thrown off by having no malt in there), or out of nutrients (which again would be due to the lack of malt, but I tried to counter this by using raw sugar and the vegemite).
In the last day or so a small krasen has formed, but it does not appear to be accompanied by any actual fermentation.
Please help.