ploppythesausage
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I have a smoked porter that's been fermenting for 6 days now and is stuck at 1.030.
It is still fermenting, bubbling slightly but the hydrometer reading isn't getting any lower. I just leave the hydrometer sitting in the bucket.
I have a couple of theories why this may happen. I may have pitched the yeast on the warm side, using s33, but fermentation did take off. It may then have gotten on the cold side which caused it to slow. I've pitched some fresh yeast and some sugar and it took off again and I swirl the bucket a few times a day to keep yeast in suspension.
There is trub settling in the bottom of the bucket and it is bubbling slightly so I don't think anything is up.
What I think may have happened, correct me if I'm wrong, is that I'd did two mashes to get enough wort. The first was the base malts of smoke and Munich, first boiled and in the bucket. On top of that the boiled wort of a little Munich, chocolate, crystal and roasted barley was added. I didn't really mix them up os is it possible that the unfermentables from these malts are sitting on the top of the beer giving a false reading? Not to mention the unfiltered hops floating on the top too.
It is still fermenting, bubbling slightly but the hydrometer reading isn't getting any lower. I just leave the hydrometer sitting in the bucket.
I have a couple of theories why this may happen. I may have pitched the yeast on the warm side, using s33, but fermentation did take off. It may then have gotten on the cold side which caused it to slow. I've pitched some fresh yeast and some sugar and it took off again and I swirl the bucket a few times a day to keep yeast in suspension.
There is trub settling in the bottom of the bucket and it is bubbling slightly so I don't think anything is up.
What I think may have happened, correct me if I'm wrong, is that I'd did two mashes to get enough wort. The first was the base malts of smoke and Munich, first boiled and in the bucket. On top of that the boiled wort of a little Munich, chocolate, crystal and roasted barley was added. I didn't really mix them up os is it possible that the unfermentables from these malts are sitting on the top of the beer giving a false reading? Not to mention the unfiltered hops floating on the top too.