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Hello all,
As I mentioned in a recent thread I am in the process of making some replica beer kits after much success with Festival beer kits and others.
These kits come with liquid malt extract for strength & body but also comes with malt grains and hop pellets to
be used as per instructions. Also a sachet of Harris yeast and a sachet of Harris pure brew..
When fermenting the first brew the fermentation just about stopped at approx 1016 on the hydrometer,
but the brew seemed clear near the top and there were no bubbles rising. Moved the barrel to the garage to rest prior to barrelling I thought this can't be right and moved it back to the heating pad in the house and within a few hours off it started fermenting down eventually finishing at 1007.
Started another kit of the same type again last week and it appears to have all but stopped again at 1016
So took the barrel for a walk around the house with much sloshing of the beer and placed it back on the heating pad and will wait to see what happens.
I keep the beer fermenting at a constant 24C.
When the wort first starts fermenting it foams up to the lid suggesting all's well at the start.
Never had this happen before what's going wrong, is Harris yeast any good?
A bit baffled and disappointed.
Paul
As I mentioned in a recent thread I am in the process of making some replica beer kits after much success with Festival beer kits and others.
These kits come with liquid malt extract for strength & body but also comes with malt grains and hop pellets to
be used as per instructions. Also a sachet of Harris yeast and a sachet of Harris pure brew..
When fermenting the first brew the fermentation just about stopped at approx 1016 on the hydrometer,
but the brew seemed clear near the top and there were no bubbles rising. Moved the barrel to the garage to rest prior to barrelling I thought this can't be right and moved it back to the heating pad in the house and within a few hours off it started fermenting down eventually finishing at 1007.
Started another kit of the same type again last week and it appears to have all but stopped again at 1016
So took the barrel for a walk around the house with much sloshing of the beer and placed it back on the heating pad and will wait to see what happens.
I keep the beer fermenting at a constant 24C.
When the wort first starts fermenting it foams up to the lid suggesting all's well at the start.
Never had this happen before what's going wrong, is Harris yeast any good?
A bit baffled and disappointed.
Paul
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