BrewOnBoard
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I took a reading on my swartzbier today. SG 1.012. Same as it was over a week ago. Has my fermentation ceased? I used an expired saflager package when it pitched it about 3-4 weeks ago and it's been kept in the 45-55degree range. It did get cold about 2 weeks ago, getting down to 40 or so but recently it's been around 55 and today it's even up to 59deg.
Hydrometers never lie right? Is it possible that the heaps of suspended particles in my sample are giving me a false reading here? FWIW the sample tastes like beer.... Should I pitch some more (non-expired) saflager?
Here is the recipe I used:
Schwarzbier
6 lbs. LME
1 lb. Caramunich (40°L)
1 lb. Carapils or Dextrin-Type Malt
4 oz. Roasted barley
1¾ oz. Hallertau hops 3.5% alpha-acid (5¼ AAU)
1 oz. Hallertau hops 3.5% alpha-acid (3½AAU)
2 pt. Starter of Bavarian Lager Yeast (1 pkg. Wyeast 2206 or White Labs WLP-830)
⅔ cup Corn sugar for priming
OG: 1.052
FG: 1.008
SRM: 30
IBU: 26
BrewOnBoard
Hydrometers never lie right? Is it possible that the heaps of suspended particles in my sample are giving me a false reading here? FWIW the sample tastes like beer.... Should I pitch some more (non-expired) saflager?
Here is the recipe I used:
Schwarzbier
6 lbs. LME
1 lb. Caramunich (40°L)
1 lb. Carapils or Dextrin-Type Malt
4 oz. Roasted barley
1¾ oz. Hallertau hops 3.5% alpha-acid (5¼ AAU)
1 oz. Hallertau hops 3.5% alpha-acid (3½AAU)
2 pt. Starter of Bavarian Lager Yeast (1 pkg. Wyeast 2206 or White Labs WLP-830)
⅔ cup Corn sugar for priming
OG: 1.052
FG: 1.008
SRM: 30
IBU: 26
BrewOnBoard