Hydrometer reads 1.000 at 20degBlack Devil Dog said:Maybe your hydrometer is not reading right.
What does water at 20deg read?
Is there/was there a krausen?
No there wasn't/didn't see any.
There is a bit of muck around the sides though at the top.
The recipe was 0.45kg of carapils and 0.25kg of crystal but the supplier didn't have crystal and they said both were very similar and it should be ok to use the carapils as a sub.manticle said:700g of dextrinous malt mashed in a region that favours alpha amylase which breaks starches down into dextrins.
Follow the tips in that link but there is a fair chance your brew is done.
Why are you adding that much carapils and then mashing that high?
That is what beer smith told me to do...I'm a bit of a noob at this atm.
Safale US-05manticle said:What yeast?
yer... It was meant to be a target SG of 1060Pratty1 said:6kg of malt and only 1044 gravity....that to me says it didn't mash right, even at 68c.