Good evening brewers, could I bother you for a bit of advice, please?
I started this brew as an all-grain kit on 5 April with an OG of 1050 using the supplied yeast, LalBrew BRY-97. Nothing much happened, no bubbles appeared through the airlock for some time (didn't note down when). Eventually, I cracked and took the lid off to reveal a decent amount of barm. So it was doing something!. On April 29, the gravity was 1012, near enough I thought, so I added gelatine and shifted it to a colder place in the form of the garage.
When I came to set it up for bottling today, it was obvious that it was not ready. The sample I drew off was seriously cloudy and the surface of the beer was not clear. The gravity came out at 1014, so my previous reading on 29 April was obviously wrong (maybe 1022?). Oops.
It clearly hasn't finished so what should I do now? Just leave it or rack it into another fermenter? Any suggestions welcome. I did read that BRY-97 could take its sweet time but didn't reckon with this.
John.
I started this brew as an all-grain kit on 5 April with an OG of 1050 using the supplied yeast, LalBrew BRY-97. Nothing much happened, no bubbles appeared through the airlock for some time (didn't note down when). Eventually, I cracked and took the lid off to reveal a decent amount of barm. So it was doing something!. On April 29, the gravity was 1012, near enough I thought, so I added gelatine and shifted it to a colder place in the form of the garage.
When I came to set it up for bottling today, it was obvious that it was not ready. The sample I drew off was seriously cloudy and the surface of the beer was not clear. The gravity came out at 1014, so my previous reading on 29 April was obviously wrong (maybe 1022?). Oops.
It clearly hasn't finished so what should I do now? Just leave it or rack it into another fermenter? Any suggestions welcome. I did read that BRY-97 could take its sweet time but didn't reckon with this.
John.