Bananaman
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Hi there guys and gals, another complete newbie here, so please be forgiving of anything that illustrates my obvious ignorance.
I’m onto what’s only my second ever brew and not sure what’s going on with it. It’s a ruby red ale from a kit and it’s been in a 5 gallon carboy for 2 weeks now. Following the pitching of the yeast, it had about 24 hours of very visible activity but didn’t produce any krausen during that time and then quietened down considerably and the only evidence of anything happening was the gentle rising of bubbles for the next few days. Unfortunately, on brew day my hydrometer rolled off the table and onto the floor where it broke, so I was unable to get an SG. I managed to buy another one and took a reading at 10 days and it was 1.012. I took another reading at 14 days and it didn’t seem to have changed much (see image).
https://pasteboard.co/JgraQBc.jpg
It’s clearly not in the desired “yellow zone”, so what might be going on? Is it stuck and, if not, is the gravity too high for bottling and am I risking bombs if I do so?
It tastes okay, if there's anything to be gleaned from that - just flat, as would be expected.
Thanks a lot in anticipation of your responses.
I’m onto what’s only my second ever brew and not sure what’s going on with it. It’s a ruby red ale from a kit and it’s been in a 5 gallon carboy for 2 weeks now. Following the pitching of the yeast, it had about 24 hours of very visible activity but didn’t produce any krausen during that time and then quietened down considerably and the only evidence of anything happening was the gentle rising of bubbles for the next few days. Unfortunately, on brew day my hydrometer rolled off the table and onto the floor where it broke, so I was unable to get an SG. I managed to buy another one and took a reading at 10 days and it was 1.012. I took another reading at 14 days and it didn’t seem to have changed much (see image).
https://pasteboard.co/JgraQBc.jpg
It’s clearly not in the desired “yellow zone”, so what might be going on? Is it stuck and, if not, is the gravity too high for bottling and am I risking bombs if I do so?
It tastes okay, if there's anything to be gleaned from that - just flat, as would be expected.
Thanks a lot in anticipation of your responses.