guilio_2010
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new to this and learning, but I have a kit that I bought and when doing the process, the one thing that doesn't fit is the fermentation temp. The temp gauge shows around 68-72 but nothing seems to bubble. I took the bucket, put it in hot water and then bubbling happened. I transferred to a secondary and the gravity is at ~~1.039 from 1.051 this is after a week, but it needs to get down to ~1.017. It seems when the temp is around 68-72, nothing happens and only ferments at higher temps around 81 or higher. Am I missing something or doing something wrong? I know that the drop in gravity says something is happening, but my first batch didn't take this long. The kit is a Dunkelweizen. Shoud I keep it on warm water and let the fermentation continue? Even in a carboy, I don't see much foaming.