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Update: so we pitched the us05 on Friday night. Took a reading just now and it's down to 1.020. I tasted it and it tastes like actual beer now. I added butterscotch syrup to give it the butterscotch flavor boost (since you can't taste the candy that was added during the boil).

That's good information to know. The recipe originally called for a yeast blend but the LHBS said that was a special order item and said that this yeast would be perfect. He didn't tell me how to use it though so we went in blind. I'll be doing some more research on liquid yeast before i use it...

Oops! I knew I forgot something! The intended OG was 1.052 and the expected FG is 1.011. Actual OG was 1.054. I used a smack pack. I followed the instructions on the package and let it sit for an hour and a half during the boil.

Thanks for the info! I looked at the ingredients in the lifesavers and it appears to be mostly sugar but it has palm kernel oil as one of the ingredients. I'm wondering if that was maybe the cause of it? I'll definitely try the US05 and see what happens. We did taste it after adding the corn...

Thanks for the info! Should I rack it back into a bucket to re-pitch? (it's currently in a 5 gal carboy)

Hello all, I've been lurking for awhile. My husband and I started homebrewing in June and we've made a few successful batches already, but this one seems to have gotten stuck. We are trying to make a butterscotch cream ale, so we added 2 bags of melted butter rum lifesavers during the last 15...