Strollon15
Junior Member
So, it's 8 days since I started this kit, Coopers English Ale and i've got a couple of questions.
1 : The starting OG was 1.038 and i've just checked the FG and its 1.012 which still seems quite high and only gives a pretty low ABV of 3.4%, the beer is very fizzy, is that a sign that the fermentation hasn't yet finished.
I know i'm suppose to check it a couple of days running and if it's the same it's finished, but is finished beer almost flat and regains its fizz in the bottle thanks to carbonation drops or priming sugar ??
2 : The temperatures...........when I started the room temperature was a pretty constant 20-22 (about 70 in old money) and i've kept it roughly at that all week but the temperature of the beer has slowly decreased, starting at about 24 but is now down at about 17, is that generally what happens, I can't see how its possible to stop the fermenting beer from dropping slowly over a week or more ??
Once again thanks for all the advice.
Stroll.
1 : The starting OG was 1.038 and i've just checked the FG and its 1.012 which still seems quite high and only gives a pretty low ABV of 3.4%, the beer is very fizzy, is that a sign that the fermentation hasn't yet finished.
I know i'm suppose to check it a couple of days running and if it's the same it's finished, but is finished beer almost flat and regains its fizz in the bottle thanks to carbonation drops or priming sugar ??
2 : The temperatures...........when I started the room temperature was a pretty constant 20-22 (about 70 in old money) and i've kept it roughly at that all week but the temperature of the beer has slowly decreased, starting at about 24 but is now down at about 17, is that generally what happens, I can't see how its possible to stop the fermenting beer from dropping slowly over a week or more ??
Once again thanks for all the advice.
Stroll.
