jh212
Outstanding Сasual Dating - Living Women
Hi all,
I got a starter kit delivered last week with a St Peters IPA pack. Followed the limited instructions on Saturday morning and got it into my FV....it was after this point i started reading this forum. You know the old saying a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, here is where i am at with it:
First mistake - instructions said simply add 3 litres boil water and top up to 19 then add yeast and hops package. no mention of waiting for pitch temp so everything went in at around 30c.
After it had cooled, had to mess about with the storage/aquarium heater setup to get it to the required 18-20c so it sat at around 14-16 for 36 hours or so. Who knew the heater dial needed to be on 26c to maintain 20c :whistle:
So after no action for 2 days and looking for what i thought was the all important bubbles, it was opened up and given a good mix. Krausen formed quite nicely. still no bubbles.
Instructions say ferment for 4-6 days until bubbles stop or FG is consistently below 1014. Just checked today and Krausen has pretty much gone and it is reading 1020. (OG was 1048 originally)
Whats the best plan? is it still on track and leave it alone for a few more days or have i messed up too much?
Thanks for any advice in advance.
John
I got a starter kit delivered last week with a St Peters IPA pack. Followed the limited instructions on Saturday morning and got it into my FV....it was after this point i started reading this forum. You know the old saying a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, here is where i am at with it:
First mistake - instructions said simply add 3 litres boil water and top up to 19 then add yeast and hops package. no mention of waiting for pitch temp so everything went in at around 30c.
After it had cooled, had to mess about with the storage/aquarium heater setup to get it to the required 18-20c so it sat at around 14-16 for 36 hours or so. Who knew the heater dial needed to be on 26c to maintain 20c :whistle:
So after no action for 2 days and looking for what i thought was the all important bubbles, it was opened up and given a good mix. Krausen formed quite nicely. still no bubbles.
Instructions say ferment for 4-6 days until bubbles stop or FG is consistently below 1014. Just checked today and Krausen has pretty much gone and it is reading 1020. (OG was 1048 originally)
Whats the best plan? is it still on track and leave it alone for a few more days or have i messed up too much?
Thanks for any advice in advance.
John
