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Temperature raised and half a pack of US-04 pitched... No change. I don't have any kegs so afraid I'm going to have to dump this batch

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I just stuck a thermometer in the fermenter to get an accurate temperature reading. It's currently 19 degrees so I'm certain that it would have been at least 2 degrees cooler whilst I was away. I've just rehydrated and pitched a half pack of US-04 that I've had lying around. Let's see if that...

I've found that fermentation temperatures have a huge impact on my beers. I only brew extract and kit beers and have noticed a huge reduction in "home brew twang" when I've managed to keep temps below 20 degrees. As you'll see in my US-04 thread I have got huge amounts of banana esters from...

Hi all, Just got back from holiday and I've taken a gravity reading... 3 weeks to the day since brew day. It's at 1.030! I reckon the temperature whilst I've been gone would have been around 17 degrees so I don't know what has gone on here. Maybe the yeast was just a dodgy pack? It's not...

Thanks folks, I'll see how it goes. Think I'll stick with US-05 next time

Hey there Hoping that the yeast wasn't too stressed due to the rehydrating and the temp has only fluctuated a degree or too. May simply be too warm, who knows?!

Hi All I brewed up a Coopers Stout kit with specialty grains yesterday. The airlock is bubbling away nicely but I just had a whiff out of it and I'm getting some serious banana esters. It reminds me of an extract brew I did last year when I was less experienced but I put this down to a high...