Hi,
I usually make all grain beers, but these two are about kits that I bought because I didn't have time for a full brew day.
The first kit is a Brew House IPA, and the second a Festa Brew Brown Ale. For those of you who are not familiar with these kits, they are basically all grain wort and all you gotta do is ferment them.
In the past I have made these kits with Nottingham yeast with great results, but this time I decided to go with liquid yeast. I used 1056 for the IPA and 1098 for the brown ale.
I made the starters using the instructions on MrMalty and using his calculator.
I made the IPA on March 10 (3.5 weeks ago) and the Brown Ale on March 26 (10 days ago).
I keep the room that they are in at 17 degrees C.
Today, I checked the SG of both, and they are both at 1.022. The OG for the IPA was 1.062 (should go to ~1.016) and for the Brown Ale 1.050 (should go to ~1.013).
I understand that fermentation can take a while, but the IPA is going on 4 weeks now.
Both are still bubbling. Is there anything I could be doing wrong that would make it take so much longer than normal?
Thanks!
I usually make all grain beers, but these two are about kits that I bought because I didn't have time for a full brew day.
The first kit is a Brew House IPA, and the second a Festa Brew Brown Ale. For those of you who are not familiar with these kits, they are basically all grain wort and all you gotta do is ferment them.
In the past I have made these kits with Nottingham yeast with great results, but this time I decided to go with liquid yeast. I used 1056 for the IPA and 1098 for the brown ale.
I made the starters using the instructions on MrMalty and using his calculator.
I made the IPA on March 10 (3.5 weeks ago) and the Brown Ale on March 26 (10 days ago).
I keep the room that they are in at 17 degrees C.
Today, I checked the SG of both, and they are both at 1.022. The OG for the IPA was 1.062 (should go to ~1.016) and for the Brown Ale 1.050 (should go to ~1.013).
I understand that fermentation can take a while, but the IPA is going on 4 weeks now.
Both are still bubbling. Is there anything I could be doing wrong that would make it take so much longer than normal?
Thanks!