2 weeks

[osubeer]

After 2 wks my wheat beer is still very sweet. I'm wondering if I could add more yeast to save it? Any thoughts?

 

[Newbeerguy]

Could you post the recipe and your hydrometer readings to help us out a bit? Hard to give advice without knowing the backround.

 

[kh54s10]

Wait! Probably...

 

[osubeer]

1.5 lbs of dry wheat/35% barley extract
2 tbls pellet hops (I use wheat beer hops, but you can choose)
10 oz jar of seedless blackberry jam
1/2 cup honey or brown sugar for amber
1/8 cup lemon juice
1/2 tsp brewers' yeast (I use wheat beer yeast)
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg

 

[Wvbrewer77]

It should come around in time. Brew another batch and make sure you have a steady gravity reading for 3 days to be sure fermentation is complete.

 

[plumbob]

Also is this a full mash, partial, or all extract?

 

[osubeer]

It's all extract.

 

[unionrdr]

Wheat ales generally do have a sort of natural,organic sweetness to them. Best to take a hydrometer reading & be sure.

 

[osubeer]

I know nothing about the hydrometer

 

[Revvy]

I know nothing about the hydrometer

If you want to know what's going on with your beer, then that's what you use. The only way to truly know what is going on in your fermenter is with your hydrometer. Like I said here in my blog, which I encourage you to read, Think evaluation before action you sure as HELL wouldn't want a doctor to start cutting on you unless he used the proper diagnostic instuments like x-rays first, right? You wouldn't want him to just take a look in your eyes briefly and say "I'm cutting into your chest first thing in the morning." You would want them to use the right diagnostic tools before the slice and dice, right? You'd cry malpractice, I would hope, if they didn't say they were sending you for an MRI and other things before going in....

You don't just throw more yeast at the situation, you don't even know if oyu have a problem.

Thinking about "doing anything" like repitching, or bottling, or racking, without first taking a hydrometer reading is tantamount to the doctor deciding to cut you open without running any diagnostic tests....Taking one look at you and saying, "Yeah I'm going in." You would really want the doctor to use all means to properly diagnose what's going on?


[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtQt7HiObuU&feature=relmfu]Hydrometer - Brewing Beginner Series - YouTube[/ame]

 

[kh54s10]

You really should get a hydrometer and learn how to use it. In the mean time you should probably wait another week and then bottle it. I only use tasting before bottling as an estimation of what the final will be. I find that sometimes the taste changes considerably after bottle conditioning. Keep the bottles at room temperature for at least 2 weeks. 3 is better but I never make it that long before trying one. Then put one in the fridge for at least a day.

Edit. Read everything Revvy posts. Always good advice!