Stuck fermentation

[chrismo23]

Hi all fermentation seems to have stalled, would love your help to try rescue it if at all possible .

Started the brew on 25th July 4 days ago.

List of ingredients used

Coopers light malt extract
Muntons enhancer
23 litres tesco ashbeck water
Safale us 05 yeast

Did the usual boiled 1.5 litres of water, mixed all the ingredients together, filled it up to 23 litres, took SG 1.036, pitched yeast at 20 degrees.

Stayed at a steady 19 with the cool weather.

Currently sitting at 1.018, air lock has been silent for 24hrs.

Should I have added yeast nutrient.

Probably the consensus will be to wait, but today is my only day off for a week and local homebrew shop has limited opening times, today being one it's open. So wanna grab what maybe necessary to get things back on track.

Thanks all

 

[terrym]

At four days in its too early to say whether its stuck or nor.
Just because the airlock has stopped bubbling doesnt mean the fermentation has finished, the lid might be leaking, it looks OK but it leaks.
I suggest you give it another three days and then see what happened to it, but don't keep fiddling about with it in the meantime.
Otherwise try this
https://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/...s-for-dealing-with-stuck-fermentations.74910/