i transferred from primary to secondary too early (after ~48 hours) mainly because I'm over anxious and also b/c CO2 generation activity slowed down big time.
So in the secondary, not much was happening either, so I threw in a pack of Nottingham dry yeast. Not much happened.
SO, I took the bottle to the sink and ran a warm water bath thinking maybe thw brew was too cold for the yeast to activate.
Voila, floculation started up-- everything started churning w/ convection currents, and the yeast woke up.
I checked the temp and brought it up to 80F.
I took the bottle back to the back room that's around 70F and the activity went back down to ~ 1 airlock bubble/minute.
The SG is still stuck at 1.03.
Is there any hope for this batch? Should I throw it out and start over?
Thanks guys,
Mark
So in the secondary, not much was happening either, so I threw in a pack of Nottingham dry yeast. Not much happened.
SO, I took the bottle to the sink and ran a warm water bath thinking maybe thw brew was too cold for the yeast to activate.
Voila, floculation started up-- everything started churning w/ convection currents, and the yeast woke up.
I checked the temp and brought it up to 80F.
I took the bottle back to the back room that's around 70F and the activity went back down to ~ 1 airlock bubble/minute.
The SG is still stuck at 1.03.
Is there any hope for this batch? Should I throw it out and start over?
Thanks guys,
Mark