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The first 24 hours was at 70, I had a nice strong fermentation, with only about 3 hours lag time. After the first day I dropped the temp slowly to 62 and kept it there for about 6 days. Then I added more yeast and slowly raised the temp back up to around 68. I added more yeast because I...

Sorry, 1.044 OG

I checked the gravity before racking, it was 1.020, which leads me to believe it still had a little ways to go. I know the S-04 doesn't have as high of attenuation as other yeasts, but 1.020 is still pretty high. It does appear to still be fermenting.

I brewed a beer recently using Safale S-04, but now 12 days later it seems to still be fermenting. I read up on it and saw that it could be a result of wold yeast infection. Or that I might have racked to secondary too soon. The book I read that in the case that I did rack too soon, add more...

For the longest time I was hardcore about only using liquid yeast, thinking dry was sub-standard. I was very wrong. Not only is is cheaper and so so so much easier to use, but it is very high quality and turns out amazing beer. Check out the Fermintis Safales and Saflagers. They have great...

I second that, I brewed a pale ale with 60L crystal and 1/2lb of Carapils, steeped. Even with clarifiers, their is still a ton of haze in the beer. And its cause the carapils. I suggest doing a mini-mash if you are going to use carapils.