I've got my first ever brew on the go. It's a Youngs Harvest Yorkshire Bitter Kit with DME as the sugar and S-O4 yeast. It's been in the FV for 8 days, with slow airlock activity for the last few days (a bubble every 5-10mins). I've taken the first hydro reading today and it's reading 1.018-1.020 which is higher than I was expecting. The kit reckons FG would be 1.000-1.006. I'd expect mine to be higher as I was using DME, but I am worried the fermentaiton has stuck. It doesn't taste particularly sweet, it has a little bit of a tang.
I'll be taking another gravity reading tomorrow obviously, but I'm wondering whether it's worth giving it a gentle stir today. The temperautre has never dropped below 18.5 or so, most of the time it's been 19-19.5. I was inititally intending to keg & bottle on Wedesday which would be day 11 but I'm worried now that if fermentation hasn't finished that I'll end up with exploding bottles!
Any advice?
I'll be taking another gravity reading tomorrow obviously, but I'm wondering whether it's worth giving it a gentle stir today. The temperautre has never dropped below 18.5 or so, most of the time it's been 19-19.5. I was inititally intending to keg & bottle on Wedesday which would be day 11 but I'm worried now that if fermentation hasn't finished that I'll end up with exploding bottles!
Any advice?