I am attempting to brew a batch of Vanilla Weizen beer from a recipe I found online. I got the ingredients from my local homebrew supply store. After boiling the wort and cooling it to 78F, I found that the liquid yeast was past the expiration date. The directions on the bottle said to make a starter if you wanted to use it past the expiration. Because it was too late to make a starter, I pitched the yeast and hoped for the best. It took a couple of days, but fermentation started and I thought everything would be fine. When the fermentation slowed to <1 bubble per minute, I transfered to the secondary. It's been a week now in the secondary and still no additional activity. My starting gravity was 1.058 (a little higher than the recipe called for) and I did not take a reading when I transfered to the secondary. I am going to pull a sample tonight to see if I'm close to the ending gravity that the recipe calls for.
My question is, if I'm not at the correct ending gravity, what should I do? Get some more yeast and repitch? Don't worry about it and bottle? Throw it away?
I've only brewed 2 batches of beer and they both came out great. Both had activity in the secondary for 5-10 days after it was transfered. When fermentation had slowed to <1 bubble in 3 minutes, and the specific gravity was consistent for 3 days straight, I bottled.
My question is, if I'm not at the correct ending gravity, what should I do? Get some more yeast and repitch? Don't worry about it and bottle? Throw it away?
I've only brewed 2 batches of beer and they both came out great. Both had activity in the secondary for 5-10 days after it was transfered. When fermentation had slowed to <1 bubble in 3 minutes, and the specific gravity was consistent for 3 days straight, I bottled.