Re: First Ginger Beer
Posted: Thursday Dec 30, 2010 9:33 am
A consistent mix won't be the issue once fermentation starts. Everything starts swirling around and it pretty much mixes itself.
Assuming that your OG wasn't 1030, it does sound like the yeast has stalled though. Any chance the temp has gotten a bit low and put the yeast to sleep? Either way you could get the temp up near 20C and give the fermenter a good swirl (try not to splash too much) to rouse up some yeast and hopefully get her going again. If your OG was 1030 then your original yeast might not have been viable. If this is the case get some more yeast from your LHBS (Safale US05 is a good one for GBs), rehydrate it to ensure it is good to go (do a search for correct method) and then pitch.
Good luck with it.
Assuming that your OG wasn't 1030, it does sound like the yeast has stalled though. Any chance the temp has gotten a bit low and put the yeast to sleep? Either way you could get the temp up near 20C and give the fermenter a good swirl (try not to splash too much) to rouse up some yeast and hopefully get her going again. If your OG was 1030 then your original yeast might not have been viable. If this is the case get some more yeast from your LHBS (Safale US05 is a good one for GBs), rehydrate it to ensure it is good to go (do a search for correct method) and then pitch.
Good luck with it.