Hi All,
So I progressed to all grain brewing quite some time age, but sometimes I do still make the occasional extract beer if I do not have time for a full brew day. However, I have been running into some issues with it. Very often the fermentation gets stuck, or it just does not even start fermenting (or it takes 3-4 days to start and then gets stuck.
I always boil 5L of water, add about 2kg of liquid malt extract and 1kg of dry malt extract and give it a good mix to make sure everything is dissolved. Then I add 20L of ice cold water (should be high in oxygen) and give it a proper mix again. This brings the temperature to the 18-22 degrees Celsius range.
I also re hydrate my yeast and then pitch it.
I made 2 extract beers on Saturday, using the same method, the wheat beer started fermenting on Saturday and the IPA is still not fermenting (no krausen or bubbles or anything).
Anyone know why I consistently get failed or stuck fermentation? Any advice?
So I progressed to all grain brewing quite some time age, but sometimes I do still make the occasional extract beer if I do not have time for a full brew day. However, I have been running into some issues with it. Very often the fermentation gets stuck, or it just does not even start fermenting (or it takes 3-4 days to start and then gets stuck.
I always boil 5L of water, add about 2kg of liquid malt extract and 1kg of dry malt extract and give it a good mix to make sure everything is dissolved. Then I add 20L of ice cold water (should be high in oxygen) and give it a proper mix again. This brings the temperature to the 18-22 degrees Celsius range.
I also re hydrate my yeast and then pitch it.
I made 2 extract beers on Saturday, using the same method, the wheat beer started fermenting on Saturday and the IPA is still not fermenting (no krausen or bubbles or anything).
Anyone know why I consistently get failed or stuck fermentation? Any advice?
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