A stuck fermentation whinge

[ClownPrince]

Brewed a Coopers Cervesa kit. Gave it three weeks, got a nice healthy Krausen to begin with so didn't worry about the ferment. OG at 1032-1036. Bottled it up, took an FG after bottling (like an idiot) and it was at 1020. I used a lager yeast (I *think* it was mangrove jacks' california common yeast) so i think the problem was that the temperature in my kitchen was too damn high (18-20 degrees) for it to work properly.

Anyway. Rant over. I'm a victim of my own hubris. I've got 30 odd bottles of 2%ish beer to look forward to.

 

[Rodcx500z]

Watch out for bottle bombs if the yeast wakes up, put some in pets to keep a check on the firmness

 

[An Ankoù]

Brewed a Coopers Cervesa kit. Gave it three weeks, got a nice healthy Krausen to begin with so didn't worry about the ferment. OG at 1032-1036. Bottled it up, took an FG after bottling (like an idiot) and it was at 1020. I used a lager yeast (I *think* it was mangrove jacks' california common yeast) so i think the problem was that the temperature in my kitchen was too damn high (18-20 degrees) for it to work properly.

Anyway. Rant over. I'm a victim of my own hubris. I've got 30 odd bottles of 2%ish beer to look forward to.

Did you have a crafty taste before bottling? Did it taste ok or very sweet? How long after bottling did you take the FG? The reason I ask is that the priming sugar will make the SG higher than the beer you put in there and, if carbonation had started, you may have got a load of little bubbles stuck to the hydrometer which would make it float higher than it should. So I come back to my first question: how did it taste when you bottled it?
Rgardless, to be safe, take terrym's advice, too.

 

[ClownPrince]

Watch out for bottle bombs if the yeast wakes up, put some in pets to keep a check on the firmness

Good plan. Might do that. Got some old fizzy water bottles knocking about which should serve.

Did you have a crafty taste before bottling? Did it taste ok or very sweet? How long after bottling did you take the FG? The reason I ask is that the priming sugar will make the SG higher than the beer you put in there and, if carbonation had started, you may have got a load of little bubbles stuck to the hydrometer which would make it float higher than it should. So I come back to my first question: how did it taste when you bottled it?
Rgardless, to be safe, take terrym's advice, too.

I drank the trial jar. Tasted a little sweet. Not too bad (drinkable at least). Took the gravity after i'd filled all the bottles i could so the sample came from the bottom of the fermentor near the yeast cake. Yeast Cake was a little on the thin side, that is probably another warning sign.