11 days ago I pitched my first brew a Coopers Sparkling ale with 1 can Thomas Coopers sparkling Ale, 1 can Coopers Light malt,sparkling ale mix packet,the temp of the brew was set to 20c using a fish tank heater, the OG was 1052. 2 Days ago the SG was 1020 and stuck there. Now the temp in the fermenter dropped to 15c as the heater ddin't cope with the ambient temperature in the external laundry.
I spoke with one brew shop and he said it was stuck at stage 3 and to give the fermenter a swirl to get the yeast moving around in the brew,if this doesn't work and the SG doesn't fall after another day to pitch the tiniest bit of rehydrated yeast into the batch just to finish off those final sugars to get the brew down below 1010, which I did today.
Today I ran into the guy from the original brew shop I bought everything from, he said g'day since he recognised me and asked how my brew was going. I told him the story and mistakenly told him the SG was 1012 [not 1020, yes I'm a dick] and he told me the brew was finished since the SG was the same 2 days running [by this stage it was stuck at SG 1020 for a total of 4days], I mentioned to him that I had pitched some more yeast to get the SG down since the beer hadn't cleared [still very muddy] and he made a face of disgust, then told me I had done the wrong thing and should never do that.
Now I'm confused. Can someone please tell me who is right and whether i have done the right thing. hope my story makes sense.
Thanks in advance.
Harvie
I spoke with one brew shop and he said it was stuck at stage 3 and to give the fermenter a swirl to get the yeast moving around in the brew,if this doesn't work and the SG doesn't fall after another day to pitch the tiniest bit of rehydrated yeast into the batch just to finish off those final sugars to get the brew down below 1010, which I did today.
Today I ran into the guy from the original brew shop I bought everything from, he said g'day since he recognised me and asked how my brew was going. I told him the story and mistakenly told him the SG was 1012 [not 1020, yes I'm a dick] and he told me the brew was finished since the SG was the same 2 days running [by this stage it was stuck at SG 1020 for a total of 4days], I mentioned to him that I had pitched some more yeast to get the SG down since the beer hadn't cleared [still very muddy] and he made a face of disgust, then told me I had done the wrong thing and should never do that.
Now I'm confused. Can someone please tell me who is right and whether i have done the right thing. hope my story makes sense.
Thanks in advance.
Harvie