I'm currently stairing into my fermenting bin which holds fifty pints of a brew which I was yet again getting excited about, only to find myself in a state of confusion.
I used two kits of youngs bitter,
1 lb of spray malt
300 g of golden syrup
1 oz of roast barley
pkt safale yeast.
Initial fermentation looked promising, and with an original gravity of 1045 I was hoping for a nice ale with decent alcohol content. Alas, it seems to have stopped fermenting at 1020 and seems to be clearing.
Is it that the whole thing is out of balance, or has my constant skimming and racking because of my fear of having a yeast bitten beer caused the problem?
any views will be greatly appreciated.
I used two kits of youngs bitter,
1 lb of spray malt
300 g of golden syrup
1 oz of roast barley
pkt safale yeast.
Initial fermentation looked promising, and with an original gravity of 1045 I was hoping for a nice ale with decent alcohol content. Alas, it seems to have stopped fermenting at 1020 and seems to be clearing.
Is it that the whole thing is out of balance, or has my constant skimming and racking because of my fear of having a yeast bitten beer caused the problem?
any views will be greatly appreciated.