Soulshine2
Well-Known Member
2 weeks ago I brewed,by style and its numerical characteristics its an American premium lager if it makes any difference . my norm for all of my brews up til now is 10-14 days in the fermenter and its done ,like swiss clockwork right? basement has been perfect upper 50's -mid 60's and optimal for the yeast (34/70) so thursday is day 13 ,i go down to do a gravity check and im still a solid 10 points from what I think is done (OG was 1.058...target FG is 1.010-12 ) Im at 1.024 still , wort/beer is 53 degrees. so I put a heat mat under it to give it a boost to get it going again. yesterday (24 hrs forward from the heat mat ) its 63 degrees according to the stick-on fermenter thermometer and been back to fermenting and i recheck , its now at 1.026 . im using a digital refractometer with 2 drops on the lens ,i thought temperature didnt matter with these. How did the gravity go up ?