rsavage
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So we have had an Irish Red extract brew in primary since last Monday. Fermentation started out excellent, around 66*F for a few days. Last Friday, we noticed that the airlock had fully stopped bubbling and consequently decided to take a gravity reading, which read 1.020 (FG should be 1.011 per the recipe). The cover went back on, the temperature outside went up (80-85 degrees), and without any a/c or a cool spot in the apartment the fermentation temp. rose to about 75*F. Today I took a gravity reading and still got 1.020. The yeast is Safale S-04, 11.5 grams.
So my question is, whats stopping the yeast from finishing up? I know the temperature changes probably had some effect, but would they halt the yeast altogether? I can rack to secondary if this will help, or bottle the beer, but I'm not sure which of these is the right path. Any advice would be much appreciated.
So my question is, whats stopping the yeast from finishing up? I know the temperature changes probably had some effect, but would they halt the yeast altogether? I can rack to secondary if this will help, or bottle the beer, but I'm not sure which of these is the right path. Any advice would be much appreciated.