MickDundee
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I’ve got a bitter in the brew fridge and it’s been fermenting for a week. I pitched the yeast from a 2L starter on Friday night. Other than having a peek on Saturday night and seeing that it had kicked off, I’ve left it alone since then other than upping the temperature 1C a day starting Monday from 19.5C to 23C.
I’ve just checked on it and it still has a thick krausen and the airlock is bubbling away. Gravity is currently 1.016 and I was aiming for 1.008-1.010 (SG was 1.041, target had been 1.038 and I had a bottle of golden syrup in there too.).
Just wondering if this is normal for this yeast or whether I’ve cocked up my starter given that it was my first liquid yeast in 3 years. It tastes good, no sign of stressed yeast, and has the fruity bitter type esters I was hoping for - I assume all is well just looking for reassurance. I’ll be leaving it for another week regardless, even if it had reached its FG today
I’ve just checked on it and it still has a thick krausen and the airlock is bubbling away. Gravity is currently 1.016 and I was aiming for 1.008-1.010 (SG was 1.041, target had been 1.038 and I had a bottle of golden syrup in there too.).
Just wondering if this is normal for this yeast or whether I’ve cocked up my starter given that it was my first liquid yeast in 3 years. It tastes good, no sign of stressed yeast, and has the fruity bitter type esters I was hoping for - I assume all is well just looking for reassurance. I’ll be leaving it for another week regardless, even if it had reached its FG today
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