Despite all the brews I have done this one I have now has just been one test after another
1st of all the CML yeast stuck dead after 2 days (wasn't even that I think)
stirring it got it moving if only brief for a few hours
I repitched which didn't seem to do alot although adding a sugar solution did and it seemed to head towards 1016 where I left it..
Now I decide to consider bottling it to find what appears to be pelicile forming on top!!! Everything has collectively gone wrong on this brew.. I suppose I am due one after all these years..
I drew a tiny sample just below the film although it managed to get a few "bits" in.. it tasted a little sour and dry but not horrendous hard to tell as its probably just forming and well needs some conditioning I think its only been 2ý weeks anyway
What should I do? I fly on holiday next tuesday do I;
1) Leave it, let it ride out and while I am away then bottle it? (assuming it may drop out)
2) Try to rack under the pelicile and leave that
3) possibly just dump it and save the time.
As I am perhaps unlikely (although never say never) to do sours should I just ditch this FV? and anything that came into contact with the beer apart from hydrometer?
Bit annoyed with myself my lack of patience with teh stalling yeast had led to this but hey ho..
Any advice would be appreciated..
1st of all the CML yeast stuck dead after 2 days (wasn't even that I think)
stirring it got it moving if only brief for a few hours
I repitched which didn't seem to do alot although adding a sugar solution did and it seemed to head towards 1016 where I left it..
Now I decide to consider bottling it to find what appears to be pelicile forming on top!!! Everything has collectively gone wrong on this brew.. I suppose I am due one after all these years..
I drew a tiny sample just below the film although it managed to get a few "bits" in.. it tasted a little sour and dry but not horrendous hard to tell as its probably just forming and well needs some conditioning I think its only been 2ý weeks anyway
What should I do? I fly on holiday next tuesday do I;
1) Leave it, let it ride out and while I am away then bottle it? (assuming it may drop out)
2) Try to rack under the pelicile and leave that
3) possibly just dump it and save the time.
As I am perhaps unlikely (although never say never) to do sours should I just ditch this FV? and anything that came into contact with the beer apart from hydrometer?
Bit annoyed with myself my lack of patience with teh stalling yeast had led to this but hey ho..
Any advice would be appreciated..