Holmesbrewer
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Aggravated, put out, sick of it.
I have been doing AG's for a month or so, now. I have really enjoyed it and hit my OG's nearly every time. All is good.
EXCEPT, my freaking yeast keeps letting me down.
Over the last 4 brews, I have had one Ale make it to 1.011, the rest stopped around 1.020! And Beersmith estimated FG around 1.013 for all.
I have learned from many of my earlier mistakes regarding temperature and aeriation, so what gives?
I have calibrated my hydrometer and checked it with a spare hyrdo and all is good there.
I have been primarying for at least 10 days and in the secondary for about 2 weeks.
The last few batches, I have used S-05, S-04, Nottingham and WLP 001. And no, I have not been making real starters. Some I just pitched straight in. Others, I used leftover runnings to start the yeast with while the wort boiled. Yes I cooled it to 75 or below before pitching (both the last runnings and the wort).
The WLP I used Monday has not produced the first bubble. I just checked the gravity and it IS down .20 but no bubbles.
I just made my first starter tonight for another batch on Monday, that had better work!
But any clues as to why this is happening? My fermenting area is kept at 70 degrees and is very constant.
I have been doing AG's for a month or so, now. I have really enjoyed it and hit my OG's nearly every time. All is good.
EXCEPT, my freaking yeast keeps letting me down.
Over the last 4 brews, I have had one Ale make it to 1.011, the rest stopped around 1.020! And Beersmith estimated FG around 1.013 for all.
I have learned from many of my earlier mistakes regarding temperature and aeriation, so what gives?
I have calibrated my hydrometer and checked it with a spare hyrdo and all is good there.
I have been primarying for at least 10 days and in the secondary for about 2 weeks.
The last few batches, I have used S-05, S-04, Nottingham and WLP 001. And no, I have not been making real starters. Some I just pitched straight in. Others, I used leftover runnings to start the yeast with while the wort boiled. Yes I cooled it to 75 or below before pitching (both the last runnings and the wort).
The WLP I used Monday has not produced the first bubble. I just checked the gravity and it IS down .20 but no bubbles.
I just made my first starter tonight for another batch on Monday, that had better work!
But any clues as to why this is happening? My fermenting area is kept at 70 degrees and is very constant.