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Hi all,
Have had two lagers sitting in the fermenters for about 10-11 days. Room temp was around 13-15º, but I forgot to add 2ºC to the actual fermentation temp.
Initial fermentation was quite rapid at 16-18ºC, then after 5 days it seemed to have become 'stuck' at 1025 once I dropped the temperature down to get the ferment temp around 14ºC.
Now I've warmed them up to 18ºC again and they're bubbling away again.
Is this normal?
Yeast strain is Saflager S23 – wondering if the yeast got used to the higher temp and crashed once it was cooler?
Strange cidery taste coming out of one that has started tasting more and more like lager, awesome beer taste coming out of the other – but both are only 3% from an OG of 1055, really want to finish the batch, just worried about the higher temps.
Have had two lagers sitting in the fermenters for about 10-11 days. Room temp was around 13-15º, but I forgot to add 2ºC to the actual fermentation temp.
Initial fermentation was quite rapid at 16-18ºC, then after 5 days it seemed to have become 'stuck' at 1025 once I dropped the temperature down to get the ferment temp around 14ºC.
Now I've warmed them up to 18ºC again and they're bubbling away again.
Is this normal?
Yeast strain is Saflager S23 – wondering if the yeast got used to the higher temp and crashed once it was cooler?
Strange cidery taste coming out of one that has started tasting more and more like lager, awesome beer taste coming out of the other – but both are only 3% from an OG of 1055, really want to finish the batch, just worried about the higher temps.