franken-nog!

[stevander74]

If youve been following youll know i brewed woodfordes nog kit to 20L last wed and it died on me and got stuck at 1.020 after a few days.
So after seeking some advice i decided to give it a gentle stir to wake the yeast. Nothing happened, still dead. So i left it a couple more days and was still getting 1.020 so i decided to try adding more yeast. So i bought some Muntons gold yeast which i activated in some warm water as instructed, added a little of the beer to the yeast, gave it a stir and added it to the fv. This was at 1pm yesterday and 24hrs later theres still no reaction! No sign of life and still 1.020, (Its been at a constant 20 degrees by the way so temp shouldnt be affecting it) and now its got little brown bits floating around in it.:lol:
So ive taken the last resort. I have now got the fv outside at the bottom of the garden on top of a table with a long iron rod sticking out of it and im praying for a thunderstorm :pray: because one way or another im going to reanimate this f***er!!!! :lol:
Ah well, the term epic fail comes to mind but ill give it few days to settle then filter it through a sterile gauze pad into bottles and see how it turns out because i dont really have anything to loose and you never now, it might turn out to be the best beer ive brewed yet. Although probably not.
Anyway heres lookin forward to the next one, brewferm abbey. :thumb: :

 

[cutnrun]

keep us updated!

however the chance of lightning this weekend doesn't look good!

 

[mrfrosty]

I wish u luck, I had the same with a wherry stopped at 1020 stirred it and left it two days, added a muntons gold but mine kickstarted back to life. When it had finished it tasted really yeasty and took about 3 months to come drinkable.

Good luck with the lightening bolt

Rob

 

[Kyral210]

I have now got the fv outside at the bottom of the garden on top of a table with a long iron rod sticking out of it and im praying for a thunderstorm

:rofl:

I had a Munton's Santa's Winter Warmer that did well right down to 1.019, then it slowed right down. It took 3 weeks to get it to 1.014, which at that point I just gave up and bottled it. Tasted it after 2 weeks, really not good.

All I have to say about my experience is that it is the last time I brew with cans again. Ok, I am going into extract brewing with hops and specialty grains, so there may be a can in there, but I will be more in control. Hope to do a little partial mash too. I did an extract brew on my Dusseldorf Alt and it tasted magic. The Winter Warmer is just stail and bland in comparison. No more Woodfords for me!