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Thanks for the tips! I think I might try to rouse it a bit and give it a few more days. I'm too lazy to use distilled water, so the metro water might be doing something to it.

I'm using Wyeast 1968 London ESB. It was within a two degrees of 70° for the first week, but we've had some pretty hot weather since, so it's gone up to 74°. But it goes down to 70° at night, it seems. I'm just wondering what's been causing these high FGs. I thought the starter would help it...

I brewed the Special Bitter recipe from Brewing Classic Styles two weeks ago and I'm a bit high on my expected final gravity. From the recipe, the OG is 1.047, with FG being 1.012. I'm at about 1.018 and have been for about five days. This is my third brew and it seems to be happening on all...

Activator, no starter. I'm set on making a starter every time now. I think it was ¾ cup but I didn't measure since it was already measured out in the packet that came with the kit. I actually did rock it after about 14 days since it was up around 1.035, but I did it for maybe 15 seconds two...

My second brew is very over-carbonated and I just discovered that two bottles exploded at some point in the past few weeks, so I'm seeking help here. A friend got me started on home brewing and gave me his tried and true recipe for my first brew. I followed that recipe and used the techniques...