Hi all, I am a starter at home brew and I have encountered an issue with my third brew.
It is a Coopers Lager, 23 litres with a pack of Safale US-05 and BE1, this has been in my fermentation fridge controlled by an STC1000 at about 19 degrees.
My original SG reading was .038 and it was fermenting very slowly, after two weeks it has stopped at .018.
Shouldn't this be more like .008 or less?
I have searched these forums but was unable to find this exact problem, could it be anything else but poor yeast? I don't mean the quality, I mean the yeast may have been overheated in my car on the way home at 40 degrees celcius (outside) and unfortunately it had to sit in the car for a couple of hours at maybe 50 degrees.
Could this be my problem?
Should I pitch another yeast in there and see what happens?
Any help appreciated, Tony
It is a Coopers Lager, 23 litres with a pack of Safale US-05 and BE1, this has been in my fermentation fridge controlled by an STC1000 at about 19 degrees.
My original SG reading was .038 and it was fermenting very slowly, after two weeks it has stopped at .018.
Shouldn't this be more like .008 or less?
I have searched these forums but was unable to find this exact problem, could it be anything else but poor yeast? I don't mean the quality, I mean the yeast may have been overheated in my car on the way home at 40 degrees celcius (outside) and unfortunately it had to sit in the car for a couple of hours at maybe 50 degrees.
Could this be my problem?
Should I pitch another yeast in there and see what happens?
Any help appreciated, Tony