Help - my beer is stuffed!

[ignisdraconis]

Can anyone offer some advise for this situation:

1. I'm brewing a can of Morgans amber ale with suitale brew booster and kit yeast constant temp of 25

2. Looked great for the first 2 days: bubling every few seconds, sediment line etc

3. Then in the 3rd day all bubbles stopped. In days since the hydrometer reading has been 1.25 and 1020, 1020.

4. Is if stuffed, will it cntinue to go down to 1006 in coming days (6th day now).

[Rysa]

Some of mine have done this. Leave it for as long as possible - at least 8 days and check readings then, i've bottled some with high readings that refuse to go down and no bombs (yet). As long as the reading is stable you'll know it's done but give it time. They say time heals all wounds including ya homebrew.

[surley]

Don't worry too much about the lack of bubles from your airlock, my brews seem to always stop bubling after a couple of days, but fermentation is still taking place.
Did you take an OG reading, if so what was it?
I'd give it a few more days and if hydro readings aren't coming down, grab another pack of yeast and pitch it. Should get things moving again.

[Trough Lolly]

Can anyone offer some advise for this situation:

1. I'm brewing a can of Morgans amber ale with suitale brew booster and kit yeast constant temp of 25

2. Looked great for the first 2 days: bubling every few seconds, sediment line etc

3. Then in the 3rd day all bubbles stopped. In days since the hydrometer reading has been 1.25 and 1020, 1020.

4. Is if stuffed, will it cntinue to go down to 1006 in coming days (6th day now).

Ok, this is a common problem. Regardless of airlock action etc, you need to keep an eye on the gravity of the beer - and hydrometers and refractometers are your best indicators of how the beer is going. Assuming that it isn't infected, has spidery lines across the surface and smells like Satan's armpit, you can grab a sanitised stirrer and rouse the beer - stir the brew without splashing or bubbling. It will lift the yeast off the floor of the fermenter and re-suspend it to hopefully resume fermenting. You can safely bottle your beer once it has dropped below 1014...As long as you maintain sanitary practices, your beer is safe in the fermenter and I've left beer in a fermenter for 3 or more weeks without a problem.

Cheers,
TL

[Boonie]

Can anyone offer some advise for this situation:

1. I'm brewing a can of Morgans amber ale with suitale brew booster and kit yeast constant temp of 25

2. Looked great for the first 2 days: bubling every few seconds, sediment line etc

3. Then in the 3rd day all bubbles stopped. In days since the hydrometer reading has been 1.25 and 1020, 1020.

4. Is if stuffed, will it cntinue to go down to 1006 in coming days (6th day now).

Ok, this is a common problem. Regardless of airlock action etc, you need to keep an eye on the gravity of the beer - and hydrometers and refractometers are your best indicators of how the beer is going. Assuming that it isn't infected, has spidery lines across the surface and smells like Satan's armpit, you can grab a sanitised stirrer and rouse the beer - stir the brew without splashing or bubbling. It will lift the yeast off the floor of the fermenter and re-suspend it to hopefully resume fermenting. You can safely bottle your beer once it has dropped below 1014...As long as you maintain sanitary practices, your beer is safe in the fermenter and I've left beer in a fermenter for 3 or more weeks without a problem.

Cheers,
TL

Satans armpit

I usually just pick up the fermenter and shake to crap out of it as I am always afraid to open it.

TL's method seems Ok and you actually get to check if it has an infection.

Cheers

Boonie