Gravity issues

[Neuthirteen]

I have recently, 5 days ago, put down a ginger beer and a blonde. Two beautiful brews, the ginger beer is a basic ginger concentrate with booster, 500gm of raw sugar, 1 kg of dextrose. The problem is that after 5 days no activity and the gravity reading is the same as the day I put it down 1030, whereas the blonde has wonderful activity and excellent readings?

Any ideas is greatly appreciated as I'm wondering if I forgot to put the yeast in which would be tragic.


Cheers,
Dan

 

[pat86]

With all that sugar and after 5 days I would think you might have forgotten to pitch if it is still at OG. If your FV is at 0 degrees warm it up, otherwise re-pitch I reckon

 

[pat86]

Edit. Double post from phone

 

[Scooby Tha Newbie]

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[gsouth82]

basic ginger concentrate with booster, 500gm of raw sugar, 1 kg of dextrose.

Hey Dan. I'm posting this under the assumption you mean a coopers ginger beer kit (or similar) when you say basic ginger concentrate.

When I did a ginger beer a while back, which consisted of 1 Coopers ginger beer tin and 1kg of raw sugar, my OG was 1032. You've added more sugar than I did so I would expect your OG to be higher.
Is it possible your OG reading was incorrect?
I also found that it fermented a little slower than a beer. Could it be that your OG was actually higher and it is slowly but surely fermenting?
Maybe check it again tonight to see if its changed?

Good Luck!

 

[Neuthirteen]

It's hasn't moved I have checked it everyday since putting it down, 6 days ago. As for incorrect reading of OG I was shocked it being so low I had to double check and it was the same gravity both times very low. :/


Non-alcoholic ginger beer isn't a bad by-product.